New · Stone Collection
Rooted.
Alive.
Aya — Akan, Ghana: "fern leaf"
A symbol of endurance, resourcefulness, and defiance.
She knows her roots. She carries her culture as a living thing — not a memory, not a costume. Every piece is made for the woman who moves through the world with that quiet certainty.
The Story
Inspired by two hands,
rooted in a continent.
Every Aya piece begins with Michelle and Guillaume — two people who believe that what you put on your body should mean something. Not because someone told you it should. Because you chose it that way.
They travel to the continent. They sit with artisans whose families have been shaping stone, threading bead, and bending metal for generations. They bring those conversations back in their hands — in the weight of a collar, the arc of a ring, the deliberate colour of a strand worn against skin.
No two pieces are the same. Not because of accident — because of intention. Each one carries the particular mark of the hands that made it, and it is drawn toward the particular woman who will make it hers. A piece from the continent, carried into her world, alive with meaning.
"We don't make jewellery for everyone.
We make it for the one person it was always meant for."
— Michelle & Guillaume
The Aya Woman
She knows
who she is.
She doesn't wear culture to explain herself. She wears it because it's hers — because her grandmother wore something like it, or because she found it and recognised herself in it immediately. She is drawn to things made with hands, from places with names, by people with stories. She makes every piece her own the moment she puts it on.
"I wore my Aya collar to my sister's wedding. By the end of the night four people had asked me where it was from. That never happens with anything I own."
"The waist beads arrived and I sat with them for ten minutes before I put them on. There's something about holding something handmade that slows you down in the best way."
"I bought the stone ring for myself on my birthday. My mother looked at it and said, 'that looks like something from home.' That was everything."
Rooted in West African tradition. Worn against skin as a mark of identity, intention, and the quiet things we carry about ourselves that no one else sees.
Bold, architectural, commanding. Made for moments that deserve to be marked. African collar jewellery that enters a room before you do — and stays with people after you leave.
Gold-set African stones, handcrafted with intention. Each stone chosen for its origin and energy. The collector's tier — made to last a lifetime and mean something longer.
Stone Jewellery · Part of the Aya family
Stone.
Story.
Skin.
African stones, handset with intention. Each piece carries the energy and origin of its stone — chosen from the continent, set by hand, made for the woman who already knows what it means.
The Stone Story
Jade has been carried across Africa for over 4,000 years.
We source each stone directly — from hands that know it, from ground that shaped it. Then we set it by hand in Toronto. The result is a piece that holds two worlds at once: the continent it came from, and the woman who chooses it now.
No two stones are cut the same. No two pieces settle on the skin in exactly the same way. That is not a flaw. That is the whole point.
Every stone has a story.
African stone traditions — carried in every piece
Prosperity · Wisdom
Focus · Confidence
Wisdom · Spirituality
Success · Energy
Protection · Courage
"I wore the jade strand to my mother's birthday. She recognised the stone before she recognised the piece. That told me everything."
"There's a weight to it. Not heavy — present. Like the stone is actually doing something on your wrist. I don't take it off."
"Bought the citrine ring for energy during a difficult season. Whether it works or not — I believe it does. And that's changed something."