Mejuri, a Canadian-based luxury jewelry brand, was founded by Noura Sakkijha back in 2015 because she saw a jewelry industry that was built for men gifting women and not women celebrating themselves. “To me, the truest expression of Mejuri is mutual uplift: all of us supporting each other, and you, our community, feeling empowered to invest in yourself and, in turn, the community around you.”
Read MoreJill Gower, founder of Jill Kathleen Designs, has been making jewelry since she was a child. Her high school friends might remember her as their source for beaded daisy chain necklaces and her parents lovingly supported her addiction for buying vast amounts of seed beads. It wasn't until she took her first metals class at the University of Wisconsin in Madison that she fell in love with metalsmithing. After earning a bachelors degree in Art Education, Jill went on to receive her MFA in Metals from Arizona State University.
Read MoreConnecting artisans around the world, the Devi Arts Collective is an ethical fashion
brand featuring handmade nature-inspired jewelry, accessories, and home décor by
designer Bayoush Mengesha. The idea for the collective came from a deep recognition that she needed to start being accountable for where the raw materials she was using in her pieces had come from.
