OUR FOUNDER
Fulya
House of Fou grew out of a long relationship with making.
After studying Fine Arts, founder Fulya Damgacı spent over a decade working in the fashion industry across branding and product development. Yet alongside her professional life, there was always a studio. While building brands by day, evenings and weekends were spent shaping porcelain by hand.
What began as a personal practice gradually became a way of seeing the world.
Porcelain
In 2013, Fulya established her first ceramic studio in Istanbul. Long before House of Fou became a brand, porcelain had already become a daily ritual.
Years later, a move to Cape Town allowed more space for making. Removed from deadlines and routine, time was spent exploring clay, form and process. Not for a collection or a business, but for the simple act of creating.
Those years laid the foundations for what would later become House of Fou.
Craftmanship
Returning to Istanbul in 2020, Fulya brought those years of exploration back home.
Today, House of Fou jewellery is created through a combination of porcelain craftsmanship and traditional jewellery-making techniques. Each piece passes through multiple stages of shaping, firing, finishing and assembly before reaching its final form.
Produced in small batches, subtle variations remain, carrying the marks of the hand, the material and the process itself.
Heritage
Growing up in a family with ties to Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, Fulya was surrounded by stories of trade, craftsmanship and the value of objects made to last.
That influence remains at the heart of House of Fou today. Contemporary in expression yet rooted in tradition, the brand sits somewhere between adornment and object, celebrating individuality, imperfection and the quiet beauty of things made slowly.
