In this episode of The BASIC Show, host Viktorija Pashuta welcomes London-based fine jeweler Hannah Martin for a visceral, art-drunk conversation taped at 405 Motoring during Season 4’s “Dark Matter” theme—days before she launches Perfect Drug: Part II at Maxfield.

Hannah opens up about:

💔 Turning a brutal heartbreak (and a Nine Inch Nails mosh pit) into a two-part collection about feeling everything in a numbing world

🧷 Inventing “sensual matter”—small-scale chainmail that warms to skin—and pairing it with hard, cast metal for a push-pull of intimacy and armor

🟡 Why she designs selfishly (“I make what I want to wear”) and refuses to chase trends or money as a compass

⚧ Her 20-year stance on genderless jewelry: “If you like this piece, it’s for you”

🛠️ Mixing ancient craft with modern tech: hand sketches, plasticine, CAD models, and 3D prints before flame and metal

🪙 Materials & stones: 18k gold, hallmarked mixes of sterling + gold, grey/cognac/champagne diamonds, obsidian, and malachite

🤝 Collaboration with Coldplay’s Guy Berryman (Applied Art Forms): scavenging engines for forms, sparks, and ideas

💫 The talismanic “eagle” ring she can’t leave home without—and why jewelry carries the wearer’s stories across generations

🧪 Launching Hannah Martin Pierce for accessible fine piercing pieces (soft-launched in LA with Brian Keith Thompson)

🔥 Real talk for emerging designers: work harder than you think, fail fast, learn faster, and build a voice no one else can copy

Plus: a travel-from-hell arrival story (Stockholm layover + LAX shuttle breakdown), the joy of London sun, and a scent confession—Heretic’s unforgettable perfume that even Uber drivers notice.

If you’ve ever wanted to alchemize pain into power—or wear art that asks to be touched—Hannah’s philosophy will light a fuse.

🎧 Listen now and share: Which feeling are you brave enough to fully experience this week?

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🎙️ The BASIC Show is hosted by Viktorija Pashuta — Editor-in-Chief of BASIC Magazine.

📍 Recorded at: 405 Motoring, Los Angeles @405motoring
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