Ethical jewelry at Beaumont Jewelry Collective

• Mazahri
• Twyla Dill
• KIMA
• M. Hisae
• Mercurius

Today, we’re going to look at the next 5 ethical jewelry designers of Beaumont Jewelry Collective! That’s right, Part 2 of my Beaumont Jewelry Collective feature is finally here.

It’s time for Part 2 of my Beaumont Jewelry Collective series, in which we will look at the next five of Beaumont’s Terrific Ten ethical jewelry designers!

As you know from Part 1, Beaumont Jewelry Collective is a family-owned online jewelry store dedicated to offering artisan fine jewelry made by independent jewelry designers who prioritize sustainability and responsible production in their work in specific, impactful ways.

They actually prefer to use the word “purpose-driven” to describe their business model because vague buzzwords like “sustainable” or “ethical” are so often a sign of greenwashing, when businesses use grandiose but essentially meaningless words to declare themselves good for the Earth but don’t give any details explaining how they actually give back or make sure their stones come from sources that follow rigorous standards.

In addition to looking far and wide to find ethical jewelry designers to stock in their shop, Beaumont Jewelry Collective goes one step further by actually donating a percentage of every single sale to to charitable organizations that uplift mining communities and protect the environment.

Feeling ready to put your money where your mouth is and support ethical jewelry designers?? Let’s meet the next 5 of Beaumont’s Terrific Ten!

Mazahri

Conscious fine jewelry company Mazahri’s story begins with founder Zulaikha Aziz and her powerful personal background as a human rights attorney who was also once a refugee from Afghanistan.

When war forced Zulaikha’s family to flee their home in Afghanistan, the only tangible family history they were able to bring with them was some ancestral jewelry that her grandmother rescued. These meaningful pieces helped Zulaikha connect to her ancestry and her past, and that same deeep level of strength and connection is exactly what she hopes people will feel from the jewels she designs for Mazahri.

One of my favorite things about Mazahri’s designs is the joyful, exuberant sense of color. I especially love the combianations of gems in the Cosmos charms and ring (both above and below).

Mazahri is committed to sourcing jewelry materials from artisanal and small-scale miners who earn fair wages and are subject to fair labor practices, proper health and safety standards, and environmental protections.

They only use Fairmined gold, traceable Canadamark diamonds, and colored gemstones from reliable, responsible and ethical jewelry suppliers working with ASM in the global south including in Sri Lanka, Brazil, Liberia, Viet Nam, Tanzania, and Afghanistan.

Twyla Dill

Twyla Dill’s jewelry starts as actual handmade lace: she crochets each design into being with a 0.55mm crochet hook and a single strand of cotton thread. (I’ve seen her do it during a lull at a trade show and it is truly the coolest thing.) She then captures every soft loop, knot, and hint of texture in metal to transform her fiber designs into silver and gold jewelry that can last forever. The process leads to an incredibly unique, distinctive texture and look that is impossible not to admire.

Twyla Dill also recently launched her first line of commitment rings created with her signature technique and they’re absolutely gorgeous – Beaumont Jewelry Collective has the teal sapphire engagement ring below in their current Twyla Dill collection and I was majorly swooning over this beauty while photographing it.

Twyla Dill prioritizes sustainability in their day to day operations by using recyclable shipping boxes, jewelry boxes, and labels, as well as foregoing receipts when possible. They make all of their jewelry using recycled metal as much as possible (80% recycled metal as of now). They hand wash and reuse rags for production cleanup rather than relying on disposable paper products and do all of their production and manufacturing in house or in partnership with other small businesses to ensure fair working conditions.

You might recognize Twyla Dill’s name if you follow me on Instagram because I recently posted about adding a pair of her earrings (unboxing here) to my personal jewelry collection! They’ve been a go-to for me all summer.

KIMA

KIMA is the work of fine jeweler Isabel Dennis. Now in Oakland, CA, Isabel learned the intricacies of her craft from master diamond setter Alexandre Sidorov in Antwerp, Belgium, and specializes in traditional pavé, wax carving, and diamond setting, allowing her work to show a level of technical precision that feel immediately luxurious.

Every KIMA design is hand-cut and set in house, with an aesthetic defined by pairing unique modern and antique gemstones with deliberately challenging design elements. Their custom and bespoke creations marry old-world metalsmithing and setting techniques with modern technology like microscopes and pneumatic engraving machines.

I wasn’t familiar with KIMA before I began this project with Beaumont Jewelry Collective, but her work spoke to me instantly.

The colorful spinels on the Hydrangea band, the elegant simplicity of the Sacred Heart pendant, the gorgeous geometry of the signature details around the Sapphire Deco Signet Ring and on the sides of the Black Diamond and Pearl Hoops – not to mention the staggering level of detail on the Mixtape pendant! Joyful color and thoughtful details galore mean this ethical jewelry designer’s work is precisely my cup of tea.

M. Hisae

California-born, New Mexico-based Michelle Nakata-Murray is the artist behind M. Hisae. The brand’s visual language is heavily informed by Michelle’s own ancestry of Japanese, Slovenian, and Polish descent, as well as the beauty of a multi-cultural existence, continuous spiritual study, and “the inherent wisdom in metal, gemstones, and ancient craft.”

These jewels are so serene and lovely, with their mix of balanced lines, gentle curves, and soulful colored stones. They’re the kind of subtle but impactful piece you could reach for on a busy day as a touchstone to ground you and lift your spirits while you take care of mundane tasks.

The M. Hisae studio is dedicated to sustainable, Earth-forward practices. They follow a low waste, made-to-order production model, choose 100% recycled or 100% recyclable packaging, and use fluoride- and chloride-free soldering flux, citric acid pickle, and biodegradable ultrasonic and tumbling solutions.

They design with colored stones that have origin traceability and exclusively use Post-Consumer and Antique diamonds, recycled diamonds, or traceable Earth-mined diamonds from Canada or Australia. Their castings are produced in New York City by an experienced casting house dedicated to reducing environmental impact through the use of refined, SCS Certified 100% recycled metals.

Mercurius

Husband-and-wife team Alisa and David Thorp are the talents behind Mercurius Jewelry, a brand the couple founded together in 2007. Their aesthetic is very materials-focused: their jewelry a showcase of extraordinary custom-shaped gemstones (cut in-house by Dave) and precision engineered precious metals joined together in perfect harmony.

I was super excited when I saw that Mercurius is one of Beaumont Jewelry Collective’s terrific ten ethical jewelry designers! You may remember from my profile of them earlier this year that I’ve been a fan of Mercurius for a long time.

Mercurius is a Fairmined Gold Licensed Brand, which means that the gold in their jewelry meets the highest standards of safety and empowerment for small-scale artisanal miners. They maintain a Green Studio, with high environmental standards applied to everything from lightbulbs to packaging.

Mercurius uses diamonds that are Third Party Certified Recycled, lab-grown, or estate stones, or newly mined stones traceable to countries such as Canada, Russia, Botswana and Australia, which have a higher standard of oversight and regulation in addition to the minimum currently required by The Kimberley Process. As for colored gems, they only use estate stones or gems purchased from a select network of gem dealers committed to ethical and sustainable mining and manufacturing.

And there you have it! You’ve now met every one of Beaumont Jewelry Collective’s terrific ten ethical jewelry designers. Did you fall in love with anything along the way?? There is a lot of beautiful jewelry here.

Want to revisit the first post? Click here to go straight to Part 1 of my Beaumont Jewelry Collective series.

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.

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