Niobium - An Extraordinary Metal with Timeless Elegance (and a Cosmic Poetry)

While browsing through endless supplier listings for silver, gold, and copper, something unexpected caught my eye – wire made of a metal called niobium. That one word alone sparked dopamine (classic ADHD moment), and I knew I had to dive in.

Niobium wire: hypoallergenic, durable, and tarnish-resistant.

I was drawn to niobium as an option to increasingly expensive silver and gold. It has a natural, cool silvery-grey tone, which pairs beautifully with the warm copper I also love working with. Copper is still my love – you can oxidize it, shape it, sculpt it! But niobium… niobium doesn’t tarnish.

Niobium earwires on textured background — Simple, elegant — and incredibly kind to sensitive skin.

This subtly shimmering metal is:

non-tarnishing
hypoallergenic
exceptionally durable
and absolutely beautiful as a frame for my art, captured under glass.

But here’s the part that really stopped me in my tracks: niobium is used in space technology. Yes, space! It’s found in rockets, medical implants, superconductors, and even nuclear reactors. It’s a technical material you can actually wear… and yet it somehow feels like a line of cosmic poetry in metal form.

Forming each loop with care and precision.

Every curve is shaped by hand, not by machine.

In my jewellery, niobium becomes a frame for softness and sparkle – a way to combine strength and sensitivity, earth and stars, precision and emotion. Each niobium earwire I shape by hand is my quiet tribute to those who have sensitive skin, artistic hearts, and a love for beauty that endures.