Turkish designer creates jewelries for foreign productions

Hüseyin Sağtan, a jewelry designer from the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, has for many years been designing and producing works for Hollywood productions. Now he creates jewelries for Netflix series "The Witcher" and "Black Sails."

Sağtan's designs have so far been used in foreign productions such as "The Other Boleyn Girl," "Henry VI," "Troy," "Eragon" and "Hobbit," as well as domestic productions including "The Magnificent Century," "Resurrection: Ertuğrul," "The Founder Osman" and "Kösem Sultan." Now his glamorous crowns, earrings and necklaces are used in Netflix productions.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Sağtan said that his designs had first been used in "Troy," starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. "Then we became known abroad for other foreign films. When it comes to the period dramas, they come to us first. They can find anything they want because I worked for a period movie. I complete the missing pieces with my designs."

He said that when he got a demand for historical productions, he started researching that period.

Sağtan said that his talent was discovered by his teacher in elementary school, adding "When I was in elementary school, I had talent. I used to make cars made of wire and paint wood. I started the jewelry business, thinking, 'If I do this one day, I will do the best. The world will recognize me.' And I succeeded," he said.

Stating that he was designing products for a new foreign movie these days, Sağtan said his jewelry went to every corner of the world.

"I'm watching a series. I see my necklace on the neck of a woman. In the Oscar awards ceremony, a woman got out of the car, and my necklace was on her neck. It catches my attention. I see my designs everywhere," he said.