Beaumont Jewelry Collective: purpose-driven artisan fine jewelry

• Karin Jacobson
• Dylann Wolfe
• Delphine Leymarie
• WEND
• Kathe Mai

Today we’re looking at Beaumont Jewelry Collective, an up-and-coming online jewelry store whose commitment to ethical jewelry and charitable giving makes them an immediate must-know.

Beaumont Jewelry Collective is a family-owned business founded by mother and daughter duo, Laura and Chloe Beaumont. They’re dedicated to artisanal fine jewelry by independent designers who prioritize ethical jewelry production and sustainable sourcing in their own work in specific, impactful ways.

An entire store full of beautiful, ethical independent designer jewelry where you can feel good about buying every single piece? Yes, please.

This is no vague greenwashing: Beaumont Jewelry Collective backs up their promise of ethical jewelry by explaining how the designers they feature protect and support the Earth. They even donate a percentage of each sale to worthy organizations that uplift mining communities and protect the environment.

And on that note: Chloe and Laura asked me to spend the majority of this article showcasing their designers, rather than focusing on themselves – so please allow me to introduce the first five extraordinary artisanal jewelers of the Beaumont Jewelry Collective!

Karin Jacobson

Every Karin Jacobson jewel is handcrafted personally by Karin in her sunny studio in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District using responsibly sourced matreials like recycled metals, Fairmined gold, and gemstones that are fair trade, recycled, domestically sourced, or purchased from gem buyers who have direct relationships with miners from small, artisanal mines.

Karin Jacobson is particularly known for the way she plays with form in her Origami collection, like the pearl ring above (a personal fave of mine), which, in the designer’s own words, “[pushes] the boundaries of traditional jewelry to become small-scale wearable sculpture. [She] developed [her] folding technique to create pieces that have a graceful fluidity and big visual impact, but which are also lightweight and comfortable to wear.”

Dylann Wolfe

The designer behind Dylann Wolfe, Morgan Burger, is a third-generation jeweler who grew up curating collections and sorting stones in her grandfather’s Southern California jewelry store. With a degree in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Morgan even collaborated with leading deep-sea and polar researchers to investigate the impacts of marine diamond mining.

Dylann Wolfe is known for their wave-inspired stacking rings, pictured here – look at those gorgeous colors and how seamlessly the rings fit together! I loved having them all on my hand at once.

In the designer’s own words, Dylann Wolfe is “Born of the sea and called to protect it, every Dylann Wolfe design is traceable, transparent, and tied to conservation.”

As a certified Fairmined Licensee, Dylann Wolfe guarantees full physical traceability of the gold they use — ensuring it meets the rigorous standards defined by the Fairmined system, from mine to final creation.

Delphine Leymarie

Delphine Leymarie was born and raised in France, along the sun-drenched Mediterranean shore, but now lives and makes jewelry in New York City. She believes jewelry is more than adornment: it is a companion, a guide, a symbol of empowerment meant to be worn as a personal treasure. Just as dance tells a story through motion, her jewelry tells a story through layers, symbols, and the interplay of light and texture.

This storytelling ethos shines brightly in Delphine’s designs, especially in the Boheme collection of interchangeable open-ended chains, charms, and “clicker” rings that serve as charm holders and connectors.

Delphine Leymarie is deeply committed to responsible gold sourcing: she is Fairmined Certified and uses recycled gold for castings; reducing environmental harm and working toward a more sustainable future by giving new life to already mined gold.

As co-founder of the Reciprocity Jewels project, Delphine has also helped launch a mine-to-market initiative with Peruvian female artisanal miners who extract gold using mercury-free methods and practice reforestation in the Madre-de-Dios region of the Amazon.

WEND

Seattle-based WEND creates rugged, gender-neutral fine jewelry with hand-carved textures made from Certified Recycled, Fairmined, and Fair Trade materials. They also love to create new designs using their clients’ unused, already-owned jewelry.

I also especially love WEND’s unusual diamond solitaire pendants: the badass reverse-set diamond Rebelheart pendant (top right above) features a SCS-certified lab-grown diamond, but they also offer a gorgeous rose-cut version with an antique rose cut diamond.

WEND is particularly known for their compelling Astral Peaks collection, a series featuring a wild mountain landscape motif with lab grown diamond stars evoking a a glittering starry night in the wilderness.

Fun fact: WEND founder Wendy Woldenberg was a high school teacher for 22 years and taught more than 6,000 students to make jewelry by hand. It was the beautiful sights of a backpacking trip on the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier inspired her to launch her own nature-inspired collection.

Kathe Mai

Kathe Mai is a lifelong jewelry lover who cemented her love of nature’s raw beauty during her first job after high school at a “rock shop.” It was the beginning of a jewelry career defined by craftsmanship, curiosity, and artistry.

Living in the Pacific Northwest, Kathe draws inspiration from the natural world—in everything from rivers to forests—and honors this connection through her commitment to responsible sourcing. Every material she uses is chosen with care and respect for the Earth, its resources, and the cultural wisdom Kathe has encountered throughout her life.

The Kathe Mai pieces I photographed for this article feature lustrous Cortez Pearls. These oceanic beauties are saltwater cultured pearls from the rainbow lipped Pteria sterna oyster, native to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Only 4,000 pearls are cultured in these waters once per year, making them the rarest of cultured pearls – and they’re never treated, so that ethereal color is 100% natural.

This is going to be a 2 part series, so keep an eye out for a feature on five more Beaumont Jewelry Collective designers soon (or go ahead and check them out now here)!

The jewelry featured in this post is available from Beaumont Jewelry Collective. Visit their online store here, or follow them on Instagram here – and don’t forget that you can get 10% off by signing up for their mailing list.

This sponsored post is brought to you by Beaumont Jewelry Collective.

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