Vanessa Haddad

Jewelry Designer and founder of Bottega divanessa

Vanessa Haddad is a jewelry designer based in Florence, where she develops pieces that bring together geometry, symbolism, and natural stones.
Her work explores the relationship between form, meaning, and craftsmanship, transforming materials into objects meant to be worn and remembered.
Her ongoing study to explore sacred geometry and bring the emotion out of forms, to dress them in metal and stones is a journey that she has started developing since 2016, today 10 years later her vision has come to life in the magical city of Florence, Italy.
In the image, Vanessa sits in the workshop of her Great teacher, Alessandro Dari

The Artist Journey

Design philosophy

Jewelry is more than an ornament - it is a personal object that carries presence and story. Each piece created at the Bottega is designed to balance natural materials, geometry, and the human gesture of craftsmanship. Vanessa working together with Maestro Alessandro Dari who have helped shape her identity as a Fiorentine Jeweler.

The Path to mastery

Training and formation

Jewelry studies and training

Vanessa's formation took place through focused study and hands-on training, developed within the context of traditional jewelry education, contemporary jewelry education and independent practice. A 2-year program of jewelry design at Lorenzo De Medici Institute in Florence,Italy was the first step into her journey. There she was introduced to precious metal techniques, wax carving techniques, 3d rendering, Gemmology study, stone setting, and photography and illustration, grounding her work in both historical knowledge and contemporary research. This foundation continues to shape a disciplined, material-led approach to making.

florentine ateliers and mentorships

After her Studies Vanesssa continue to work directly within Florentine ateliers which allowed her to deepen her relationship with craft through daily practice and direct exchange. Guided by experienced jewelers and mentors, such as Maestro Luigi Arcuri of Arcuri preziosi, and Maestro Marco Cantini she refined technical skills while absorbing an approach rooted in precision, patience, dicipline and respect for material. This environment strengthened her understanding of jewelry as both tradition and living practice. Her final practice took place with Maestro Alessandro Dari who helped connecting symbology, history, art of creating with the essence of creating, after profound and intense 3 month training, Vanessa opened Bottega Divanessa as her own Temple to help show the florentine art of goldsmith and keep her Maestros art alive through her creations.

Ongoing independent practice

Alongside collaborative and atelier-based work, Vanessa maintains an independent practice where research, making, and reflection unfold together. Working autonomously allows her to develop pieces slowly and intentionally, following a process guided by material, intuition, and precision. This space supports continuity, experimentation, and a deepening of her personal language.

conceptual and material research

Vanessa's work is grounded in ongoing research that explores the relationship between Sacred Geometry, matter, memory, and meaning. Through close observation and material experimentation, she investigates how form can hold inner experience and translate it into wearable objects. Concept and technique evolve simultaneously, allowing each piece to emerge through a balance of thought, sensation, and structure.

Florence and the bottega

Working in Florence places the studio within one of the greatest traditions of craftsmanship. The Bottega continues this spirit through contemporary jewelry rooted in material, form and symbolism.