Our story

A small studio,
a long view.

We started with one idea — that a piece of jewelry should outlast the season it was bought in.

That it should be made carefully, worn often, and passed on.

Founder portrait · 1000×1200

Drawn at a kitchen table.

Kayrouze began in 2019 with a single drawing and a borrowed bench. Our founder spent a decade in fashion before deciding that what she really wanted to make was the one thing people kept.

The first collection was three pieces. We sold them to friends, then to friends of friends, and never advertised. The studio grew the way good things grow — quietly.

Where everything is finished by hand.

Today our studio is a single room with three benches and a kettle. We design, prototype, and finish every piece in the same space, in small batches, because we believe restraint is its own kind of luxury.

We work with two casters — both within forty miles. Our gold is recycled. Our packaging is paper. Our lifetime repair is exactly that.

Studio detail · 1000×1200

Three quiet
principles.

i.

Made slowly

Small batches, made in-studio. Nothing is rushed because nothing should be. Made-to-order pieces ship in three to four weeks.

ii.

Made well

Solid metals, never plated. Recycled gold and silver, ethically sourced stones. Every piece is built to be repaired, not replaced.

iii.

Made to keep

Designs that don't chase a moment. Our archive doesn't retire — pieces from our first collection are still made today.

Four steps.

A piece of Kayrouze passes through four sets of hands — usually the same four — before it leaves the studio.

Sketch

Every piece begins on paper. We draw, redraw, and discard until the line feels inevitable.

Carve

The drawing becomes a wax model — carved by hand, refined under loupe, fitted to the body.

Cast

Cast in solid recycled gold or silver by a small foundry within forty miles of the studio.

Finish

Filed, polished, and signed by hand at the bench. Inspected twice before it ever sees a box.