We are Daniela and Esther Stern - the founders of zweisterne jewelry
And this is our story!
OUR ROOTS
Founded in 2015 by Daniela & Esther Stern, zweisterne is a mother & daughter business, shaped by our love for nature as well as our personal passions.
We, Daniela, a herbalist, and Esther, a photographer, have always been fascinated by the incomparable beauty of plants. With our combined efforts, we decided to start zweisterne, a small business with a big dream: making it possible to wear nature’s magic around our necks.
The perfect pairing of modern design, traditional craftsmanship techniques and our perfected drying methods, makes zweisterne jewerly unique.
Starting out by crafting capsules to wear them around our necks, filled with plants, that Daniela has dried, we quickly realized that we needed to join forces with Austrian glasblowers and silversmiths in order to create the perfect pendant.
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DANIELA
CO-FOUNDER | MANAGER | DESIGNER | COORDINATOR | CUSTOMER SERVICE
As a long time herbalist and a proud mother of two children, Daniela has always had a huge love for nature and the countryside life. Nevertheless she has always had a passion for design, art and aestetics.
Daniela now works as a holistic practitioner and herbalist in the Austrian Mostviertel, as well as out of her praxis in Vienna. Her marvellous garden leaves you stunned by it’s beauty. She cares for the plants that will later be dried and carefully placed in our necklaces with patience and passion.
As an incredibly dedicated, motivated, disciplined, loving, empathetic, nourishing person, Daniela is the manager of zweisterne jewelry. She organizes, supervises and coordinates the production of our pendants. Daniela also coordinates finances and works in customer service.
If you would like to learn more about Daniela’s work please visit her personal website www.danielastern.com.
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ESTHER
CO-FOUNDER | DESIGNER | PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHER | WEB DESIGN | SOCIAL MEDIA
A creative and dreamy person by heart, Esther lives an adventurous life which mostly revolves around nature, forestry, art, photography and her dog, Francis.
Esther studies and works at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna where she is currently enrolled. At the moment she lives in London doing an affiliate year at UCL Slade.
A hard working, versatile, optimistic, humorous and driven person she works on product development, marketing, consulting, customer service, social media, web design and photography.
Esther spends most of her time in her studio or out in nature with her dog and her camera guiding her to capture the beauty of mother earth.
If you would like to learn more about Esther’s art please visit her personal website
