About

Mathematics, science, and abstraction have an intrinsic beauty that deserves to be lifted from the page to shine as art. Our design process starts with a mathematical or scientific concept, or a geometric shape, which we refine until it stands on its own. We create pieces that are simple yet of shimmering complexity. At Studio Galois, jewelry has a hidden meaning: an earring might be a quantum circuit, and a necklace a stupendously large number encoded in lambda calculus. Our jewelry is pure art, but hidden behind the veil is exact mathematics. The curious will find it explained in detail for the quantum pieces and for the lambda pieces.

We named our studio after the work of Évariste Galois, a French mathematical genius who founded two entire fields of mathematics before dying tragically in a duel at age 20. He wrote his mathematical testament in a frantic letter the night before his death. We bring that same passion to our creations.

Our Story

In the autumn of 2025, researchers from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Waterloo in Canada and from the Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium met at the Perimeter Institute to work on non-local quantum computation. During his stay, one of the researchers spent a weekend in New York, where Nathalie Risse, who would go on to found Studio Galois, saw by accident the diagrams they had drawn on the blackboard and was fascinated: their combination of symmetry, structure, and apparently mysterious notation suggested something quite different: jewelry. These blackboard drawings became the inspiration for the Quantum Necklace, and ultimately for Studio Galois itself.

A blackboard covered in chalk quantum circuit diagrams: vertical qubit lines joined by horizontal gates, with two lines looping over each other — The blackboard, autumn 2025, and the Quantum Necklace it became.

The Quantum Necklace in brass, lying on slate — The blackboard, autumn 2025, and the Quantum Necklace it became.

The scientists have since continued to study what they call catalytic non-local quantum computation. As of September 2026, they hope to write up their results in the coming months.

Meanwhile, at Studio Galois, we created the Quantum Earrings and the Quantum Necklace Mini in the same design language (they are excerpts of the necklace circuit) and expanded the collection with the lambda diagram pieces, the Recursion Earrings and Graham's Necklace.

About the Founder

Although I spent most of my career working in international affairs, I always had a strong interest in design and contemporary jewelry, and a tendency to find it in the most unusual places.

When I first saw those blackboard circuits, I immediately knew they would make gorgeous pendants. What started as a single piece quietly grew into a small collection of mathematics-inspired jewelry.

My Ph.D. is not in pure or applied science, though I am fortunate to have a husband with a Ph.D. in Physics (String Theory) who brings the mathematical depth the work requires. My passion for design led me to complete certifications at GIA, and I am a member of the Contemporary Jewelry and Adornment Circle at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City. Looking back, Studio Galois is what happens when curiosity refuses to stay in one field.

Nathalie Risse