Our Studio

Since our founding in two thousand and four, we have remained dedicated to an approach focused on creating beautiful, lasting jewelry while keeping our ecological footprint as small as possible. We operate under the core belief that everyone should be treated with fairness and respect, a mindset that includes our employees, our customers, the local neighborhood, our independent design partners, our material suppliers, and the earth itself. The jewelry sector has historically faced criticism for a lack of transparency regarding environmental damage and fair labor conditions, and we are fully committed to changing these norms through our daily choices. By using repurposed gold and stones for almost all of our manufacturing, and crafting a major portion of our line inside our own Brooklyn facility, we actively lower the transport emissions linked to our business.

Our main office and jewelry workshop function as the center of our operations, providing a clean, bright, and cooperative workspace that contrasts sharply with the traditional dark and poorly ventilated manufacturing environments of the past. As a female-guided business, we build a space where individual effort is recognized and genuine self-expression is supported. We are proud to provide our workforce with a dependable benefits package, which includes full medical coverage, retirement support, career advancement programs, and multiple daily office amenities. By keeping our creative studio, corporate staff, and fulfillment warehouse all inside one building, we foster a closer team connection while cutting down on the logistical need for transport, which further lowers our total environmental impact.

Our choice of diamonds follows strict ethical and responsible collection standards, with every brilliant-cut gem in our line being either recycled or sustainably made in a laboratory setting. We go far beyond standard industry rules to ensure every stone meets our high expectations, allowing us to be completely confident in the history of every gem we feature. In the same way, our gold is sourced from suppliers who are just as committed to reducing damage to nature. By collaborating with providers who mix recycled metals with responsibly collected materials, we keep close supervision over the mixing process, successfully removing extra middlemen from the production path.

When selecting other components, our focus on high standards deepens with every fresh collection. We review each new concept against strict quality rules, continually checking the global market to ensure we use the most attractive and least damaging natural materials available. For instance, our pearls come from a family-operated farm in the Hubei Province of China that focuses on clean water initiatives, and our colored gemstones are sourced from sites that maintain top-tier human rights and ecological protections. Our dedication to a small, carefully chosen variety of stones means we can guarantee the source of every material brought into our workshop.

By overseeing our own jewelry manufacturing, we can offer premium craftsmanship at reasonable price points. By cutting out extra steps in the distribution network and selling directly to our audience, we ensure that the true value remains in the manual artistry rather than high retail markups. Additionally, our focus on community support has been a foundational pillar since our brand began. Through our philanthropy fund, we give at least one percent of our total revenue—not just net earnings—to charitable organizations that support our views on equality and public welfare. Our workforce plays an active role in this initiative, regularly recommending and helping pick the movements that matter most to our group. Having already given more than one million dollars to these important efforts, we remain entirely devoted to this path. If you have inquiries or want to discover more about our initiatives, please feel free to call us at (408) 800-5702 or reach out to our staff by writing to catbirdnycusa@outlook.com.