SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC — the Story of the Form

Where did the first form of the brand begin?

The first form of the brand. STRUGA began with it — and so did the project's central experiment: take one form and carry it across different types of pieces. Today that form lives in six catalogue categories — necklaces, chains, bracelets, rings, ear cuffs, earrings — and inside the construction itself: in carabiners and a toggle clasp.

It started with a pendant, and there were many. The first ones were carbon with inserts — copper, brass, steel, meteorite, patterns. The MOSAIC family grew out of that early work, and it was here that the carbon palette the brand still uses was chosen. Then came the smooth silver SIGNATURE Pyramid, then Asymmetric Destroyed — a broken version of the form in a dark register.

That early carbon work produced not one family but two. Next to MOSAIC, CARBON was born — multi-layered matte carbon: ultralight, unafraid of water, unchanged by time. It is the counterweight to silver: silver is alive, it darkens and patinas, while carbon stays the same. The brand has its own line of signature carbon — six palettes: Classic, Bloody, Toxic, Arctic, Winter and Multy Graphite.

What does the family hold today?

Today it is the most widely represented form in the brand — it lives in more categories than any other. For STRUGA it is, above all, about beauty: one form you recognize everywhere.

As of 3 October 2026 the family collection holds 29 objects. Fifteen are 925 silver without carbon, eight are carbon without silver, and six combine silver with carbon — two of those six carry Seymchan meteorite as well. The weights below come from the catalogue; hand-finished pieces vary slightly from one to the next.

• Necklaces. From the silver Pyramid and Asymmetric Destroyed pendants, 40 g each with the chain, to carbon necklaces in the Toxic, Arctic, Winter, Bloody and Multy palettes at 5 g each.
• Chains. The link of the form assembled into a line: the Signature Asymmetric Links Choker in 40, 45 or 50 cm with a toggle clasp, and a long chain of 120 cm.
• Bracelets. Signature Links, a bracelet of miniature #2 carabiners and Asymmetric Minimalist weigh 13 to 18 g; the heaviest, Carabiner #2 Big Cross, runs from 95 to 130 g.
• Rings. Three open rings built from links — Signature Links V.1, V.2 and Double Line.
• Ear cuffs. Silver L and two carbon L cuffs — one of the two forms the brand's ear cuffs began with.
• Earrings. Mono earrings with working #2 Small and #4 carabiners, and the Signature Link Medium link earring.

Where does the language of sharp edges come from?

The aesthetic came from CNC-cut sheet material — sharp edges, even planes, recessed depth. STRUGA was the first to translate that language into a design of its own. The material of every silver object in the family is one: sterling 925 — at least 925 parts pure silver per thousand, that is 92.5% (US FTC Jewelry Guides, 16 CFR 23.5).

The asymmetry is a property of one object's geometry: the planes meet unevenly and the ridges run at different angles. It is not a mismatched pair of earrings, nor a pendant hung off-centre on its chain.

This is about the look, not the method. The CNC aesthetic describes how an object reads to the eye: a plane looks cut from sheet, an edge holds a straight line, a recess makes a shadow. The silver objects are made differently and described plainly — wax model, silicone mould, 925 silver, hand finishing. Only the carbon is cut on a CNC machine from sheet material.

Which world of the brand does the form belong to?

SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC belongs to CODEX — the world of everyday architectural form, the DNA of the brand. CODEX is not an observation of the world but a workshop of forms: here STRUGA gives birth to a form that did not exist before and carries it through different types of pieces — from a chain link to a pendant, from a carabiner to an earring. That is how recognition appears: a style and a form that read unmistakably as STRUGA.

A world is a language of the brand, not a section of the catalogue. There are five worlds and eleven families of form, each family belonging to its world.

• CODEX. Everyday architectural form — where SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC lives.
• RITUAL. Objects carrying personal symbolic weight.
• LAB. Experiment, prototype, exception.
• DARK UNION. Rings of union — a world and a family at once.
• ISLAND ARTIFACTS. A selection driven by real Balinese demand.

The flexibility lives at the level of the piece. The family belongs to CODEX, while its carbon and pre-darkened objects also speak through RITUAL — the world of the CARBON and MOSAIC families and of every piece the brand oxidizes in advance. The names of worlds and families are never translated: they are brand entities and stay in Latin letters in any text.

How did the form move from a pendant into construction?

The pendant was not the end of the road. From there the form moved into construction: a chain link, a toggle clasp with its counterpart, a carabiner bail.

• The chain link. The form stopped being a pendant and became a repeating element of a line.
• The toggle clasp with its counterpart. The closure is built from the same geometry rather than attached to it.
• The carabiner bail. Carabiners #1, #2 Small, #2 Big and #4 all carry the SIGNATURE Asymmetric form.

The carabiner also works as an object of its own. The Carabiner #2 Small Necklace is a working spring carabiner on a 75 cm chain, about 6 g: the gate opens and takes a key, a tag or a second pendant. The Carabiner #2 Mini bracelet is built from miniature carabiners, each of which opens and detaches, and the #2 Small and #4 carabiners are worn as mono earrings. The same form holds a neighbouring line too: BLADE chain bracelets and chokers always close with the massive #2 Big carabiner.

The form reached the ear as well: the brand's first two ear cuffs were made in the BLADE form and in the SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC form.

How does an open ring differ from a massive one?

The family's rings are open rings: the band is built from links and carries a deliberate gap, and the form holds by compression rather than by a closed circle. There are three in the catalogue: the Signature Links V.1 Ring weighs from 2.7 g in size 16 to 6 g in size 22, V.2 from 2.1 to 5.5 g, and Double Line, with two rows of links, from 6 to 13 g.

• The open ring. A ring with a deliberate break; the form is held by compression. The break is a decision, not an unfinished edge.
• The massive ring. A ring made to hold visual weight: volume and sculptural presence without an obligatory plate. A plate marks a signet, not mass. STRUGA's massive rings live in the BRUTALISM, THORN and FUSED families and in the Triple Drills model — not in SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC.

How does the form sit on the neck, the wrist and the ear?

How does the form sit on the neck?

Around the neck, silver turns into architecture. The SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC link assembles into a choker of 40, 45 or 50 cm — 27 to 33 g — or into a long chain of 120 cm at 35 g. It is a carrier for a pendant, or a line worn on its own.

How does the form hold on the wrist?

A chain bracelet carries the flexible language of the wrist: the line follows the movement of the hand rather than holding it rigid. The Signature Links Bracelet comes in two lengths — 17 and 21 cm, 15 and 18 g; the #2 carabiner bracelets run from 14.5 to 21.5 cm.

How does the form sit on the ear?

An ear cuff is a form of its own, for a single accent or an asymmetric stack. The family's silver cuff is made in size L: the Signature Asymmetric Ear Cuff (L) weighs 3.8 g. It is 925 silver: it arrives bright and darkens with wear. The carbon L cuffs in the Arctic and Classic palettes weigh 0.3 g and are made of carbon, without silver. BLADE, BRUTALISM, THORN and CARBON have ear cuffs of their own.

Why does the surface change with wear?

The family's silver surface is Living Silver, STRUGA's term for 925 silver without rhodium plating. Most silver jewelry is plated with rhodium, a thin layer that holds the shine and blocks darkening; STRUGA deliberately applies none. The silver darkens on its own: sulfur-containing gases in the air, most often hydrogen sulfide, turn the top layer of the metal into a thin film of silver sulfide (Canadian Conservation Institute).

The surface goes on living with the wearer, and it shows in three ways.

• Raised edges brighten. Friction takes the patina off where the object meets skin and clothing most.
• Recesses darken. Patina holds in the depth, and the pattern of wear brings out the geometry itself.
• Two identical objects diverge. On two different people they come to look different, because skin chemistry differs.

Does everything in the family darken with wear?

No. Carbon neither darkens nor takes a patina: the carbon necklaces and ear cuffs stay as they arrived. Asymmetric Destroyed, on the other hand, is darkened in advance, at the bench. That is oxidation — a technique, not a property: Living Silver darkens on its owner, oxidized silver is dark from the start.

Can bright silver be brought back?

It can, and it is the owner's choice rather than the correction of a fault. Patina comes off with a dedicated silver cleaning liquid. On a matte surface it is taken off with an abrasive — a scotch-brite pad or sandpaper: a thin top layer is removed, a new matte finish is set, and the patina goes with it.

How is an object of this form made?

The path of a silver object runs in four steps.

• Wax model. Made by hand or printed from a 3D model.
• Silicone mould. Taken from a silver piece finished to perfection; wax for the next pieces is poured into it.
• 925 silver. The cast metal every silver object of the family is made from.
• Hand finishing. The finish of any path is done by hand.

The character of the object follows from this. Silicone holds every detail — down to solder seams and tool marks — so every piece is unique. Slight unevenness and imperfection of the surface are part of the beauty here, not a fault. The weight of two pieces of the same model also differs slightly, so catalogue grams are a guide.

The pieces are made by hand by master silversmiths; for the international market, STRUGA objects are made in Bali.

Who is this form for?

STRUGA does not divide its objects by gender. Size here is read from the body, not from a section of the catalogue.

• Bracelet. Length to the wrist and how the chain sits on it: 14.5 to 21.5 cm across the family's bracelets.
• Ring. Band width and the weight of the object on the finger: sizes 16 to 22.
• Chain. Length for where the line should fall: the choker in 40, 45 or 50 cm, the long chain at 120 cm.

If the variation you need is not in the catalogue — a special size, a form outside the range, a personal one-off object — that is the Custom Order route. It is a conditional option, not a default button: when a piece from the range fits, STRUGA points to the range.

STRUGA began with this form, and it still carries the brand across categories. See the SIGNATURE ASYMMETRIC family.

Continue from the journal to a current STRUGA object — the carbon Signature Asymmetric Aged necklace.