The Journal

A close-up of colorful cabochons and on a textured white fabric background. The beads include smooth polished shapes in teal, green, red, and blue, and pink.
Where Ethics Meet Design: Why Mavens & Ravens Makes Its Own Stones
Inspired by innovations like lab-grown gems and diamonds, recycled precious metals and Fairtrade/Fairmined gold, Mavens & Ravens was explicitly established around similar principles of sustainability and non-exploitative labor that also... Read more...
By Design, Not by Feed
By Design, Not by Feed
Communication by Choice Mavens & Ravens does not maintain a presence on social media. Communication happens by email alone, and the choice is intentional, not a matter of convenience. Social... Read more...
Designing the Collection: Why Pendants and Earrings Came First
Designing the Collection: Why Pendants and Earrings Came First
Designing the Collection: Why Pendants and Earrings Came First The Botanical & Stone Collection deliberately launched with the statement pendant and the sculptural earring. Together, they establish the foundation of... Read more...
Introducing the Botanical and Stone Collection
Introducing the Botanical and Stone Collection
How Botanical & Stone Came to Be Botanical & Stone began with a design question: could something be created with the visual richness of cloisonné, without using enamel and wire?... Read more...