Josef Drahoňovský STUDIO D ŠPERK – STUDIO D JEWELS company was established in 1989, de facto immediately after the “Velvet Revolution”. It was a small goldsmith’s workshop producing gold and silver jewels with genuine stones, mainly with garnets.
  After this long-termed existence of the company now bearing the name Studio Šperk Ltd., it can be said that the idea to continue the long-lasting tradition of jewellery making and stone cutting in the Turnov region was the right one. Turnov, as well as the German Pforzheim or Italian Vicenza, has not only the tradition but also the potential to continue this tradition of arts and crafts, created by the ancestors.
  The tradition of the Drahoňovský family goldsmith’s craft was started by the father of the company owner, Mr. Josef Drahoňovský senior - a master goldsmith. The company owner, Josef Drahoňovský, master of crafts, his wife Libuše, daughter Kateřina and son Jan, all graduates of the Jeweller’s School in Turnov, continue this tradition successfully.
  It is definitely no overstatement when we say that the company’s employees are all real experts and professionals. The same holds true for our partner companies in the field of precious stones cutting.
  With goldsmith’s and cutting companies, the craft is passed from generation to generation. If it had not been for the hard administrative decision of the state at the beginning of the 50’s which led to the liquidation of trades, there would surely be many more companies nowadays which would have been successfully working since the beginning of the last century.
  At present, the company employs 25 people in its own premises in Turnov and is completely independent technologically and production-wise.
  The company’s ambition is to keep the high arts and crafts level of Bohemian garnet jewels so that they not only please their owners but are also passed from generation to generation, as it was in the past.