Meet the creator

 

 

Meet the creator

Cathrine Ahrenkiel is the Danish-born designer and founder of SÉOLA atelier, based in Montreal.

After graduating from the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, Cathrine spent more than a decade working as a menswear designer in London and Montreal. After stepping away from fashion, she began exploring jewellery and discovered lost-wax sculpting — a slower, more tactile way of working that allowed her to shape pieces directly by hand.

What began as a new creative practice gradually became SÉOLA atelier.

Her Scandinavian design background continues to inform the work through an instinct for simplicity, proportion and form, while the process of sculpting by hand allows for something more organic and intuitive to emerge.

The name SÉOLA comes from the word soul - reflecting the idea that the objects we choose to wear and keep can become personal over time, carrying memories, moments and meaning with them.