Burcu Büyükünal

Burcu Büyükünal graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Design in 2003 and started working at Ela Cindoruk and Nazan Pak's jewelry atelier the same year. In 2006, she received a Fulbright scholarship to the State University of New York at New Paltz, where she completed her master's degree in Metals. In 2011, Burcu Büyükünal founded the Maden Contemporary Jewelry Workshop with her partner Selen Özus. She gives lectures at her workshop and various universities and produces her designs under her own brand.