Carmen Björnald is born in Germany from a Liberian father and a German mother; she then spends her early years in Goteborg, Sweden, where she achieves a degree in Design and Fabric Research. She arrives in Italy in the early '80s and soon gets a job as a model and also joins the "Peter Jacques Band", a well known pop band at that time. After two years, she leaves the band andworks exclusively on the catwalks for some of the most prestigious Designers, such as Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferrè, Versace, Moschino, Fendi and many others. In the early '90s, she decides to dedicate her time on her family and children. After two years, she goes back to school to attend a course on jewellery mastered by Davide de Paoli, a contemporary sculptor who loves to mix precious metals with minor materials. From this new experience, Carmen creates her first jewellery Collection. Using a loom, a knitting needle or a crochet-hook, she weaves silver threads in which precious and semi-precious stones seem to be trapped in. Her fusions have irregular and unique shapes. In 2006, while travelling in a distant country which she deeply loves, she becomes aware of a global problem: waste disposal. On this occasion, she develops the idea of designing a line of accessories, using different waste materials... An immediate success!
