Sun-forged, hand-woven, named.
Sol & Stone is a two-person studio importing beaded jewelry from four Wixárika families in Nayarit, Mexico. We skip the middlemen on purpose.
"A bracelet should be traceable to a person, a village, and a season — not to a warehouse."
It started with one pair of earrings.
I bought them at a roadside stall in San Blas in 2019. Wore them until the cord frayed. When I went back to find the maker, the stall was gone — but a neighbor pointed me up the mountain to Ramona's workshop. That's where Sol & Stone begins.
Eleven women. One standing order.
Today we buy directly from four families in Nayarit — about eleven women across three villages. We commit to a standing monthly order and pay 60% of retail upfront. No consignment. No haggling over centavos.
Make heritage beadwork visible in New York, Paris, and Tokyo.
The Wixárika bead tradition is 600 years old and almost invisible outside Mexico. Our job: bring it to the modern wardrobe without watering it down. Slow. Traceable. Proud.
Four promises that don't bend.
Seven years, slowly.
See the work.
Every piece in the shop is made by a woman we've sat with, eaten with, and paid directly. Start with the Burnt Sienna — it's where Ramona begins every new apprentice.
