MAAARI

︎ co-founder
︎ jewelry designer


Co-founder of Filipino-American lifestyle brand that has been featured in Forbes, Refinery 29, GQ and has 13.4k followers on IG.Born out of an idea to honor our heritage,together with my business partner, we have built a brand from the ground up, with a commitment to sustainability, culture, and community. MAAARI  serves as a creative outlet for me to explore 3d design through handmade jewelry, while exploring my cultural identity.

Inspired by indigenous Filipino culture and contemporary art + design, my work fuses contemporary sensibility, metal smithing methods and traditional filipino techniques to create uniquely Filipino-American handcrafted jewelry. Each piece is hand made with intention — complimenting the beauty and power in all women. I develop and produce architectural statements pieces drawing from the simple shapes found in contemporary design, and indigenous patterns.