Oriana Ballacchino is a self-taught designer who started designing and crafting jewellery in 2018. Her background lies in fashion and interior design. Over time, she discovered a great passion for the craft of silversmithing, leading her to launch her own jewellery brand Studio Etna in 2020. Each piece of jewellery is carefully handcrafted by Oriana in her studio in Basel, Switzerland. Timelessness, sustainability, and local production are core values of the small jewellery brand.

Oriana's origins lie in Sicily, where she has spent several weeks every year since childhood in her grandparents’ house and thus got to know and love the various facets of this beautiful island - her second home. The rough Sicilian nature, architecture, and culture are reflected in the shapes of each piece of jewellery. Oriana is inspired by the powerful Etna volcano, the sea, the vast cultural heritage, the scents and colours of Sicily. The Swiss influence adds functionalism, high quality standards, and sustainability values.

Studio Etna jewellery is highly well crafted, timeless, and should be worn for a lifetime. It is not bound to seasonal trends, and it underlines and gives the wearer their individual character, regardless of nationality, age, or gender.