Our Materials & Craft

At Talismania, provenance isn't a marketing line. It's something we can trace, and often something we've seen with our own eyes.

The stones. Our Montana sapphires are mined at Rock Creek and along the Missouri River, in a range that runs from celestial blue through teal and green to golden yellow. Many are traceable to the mine.

Where a stone is cut depends on the piece it's going into. For our one-of-a-kind work and for center stones above a carat, we buy direct from Montana purveyors, and those stones are cut in Montana as well — by the people who know that material best. We've sat in a purveyor's home choosing them by hand. Not many jewelers can say that. For pieces made in production runs, the stones are cut by our manufacturing partner alongside the smaller accents. Same ground, different bench.

We're working toward that first level of specificity across everything we set. Until we're there, we'd rather tell you exactly where we are.

The standard. Our primary manufacturing partner is certified by the Responsible Jewellery Council, the industry's leading standard for ethical and responsible practice from mine to finished piece, so the pieces they craft for us are produced to that standard. Our one-of-a-kind and custom work is made by small U.S. studios we've chosen and know directly. As we grow, we keep raising our own bar for traceability across everything we make.

What we work in. We build in solid 14K gold — no plating, no vermeil, no fill. Our stones are Montana sapphires and natural diamonds throughout, with lab-created ruby and lab-grown diamond in our Wildfire collection, named plainly as such. We're steadily narrowing our materials to the ones that best reflect this commitment.

Where pieces are made. Our primary manufacturing partner is New York–based and RJC-certified, with production in Thailand. One-of-a-kind and custom pieces are made by two small U.S. studios. Our chains are designed with a U.S. partner and made in Italy.

Giving back. We're a proud member of 1% for the Planet, committing a portion of every sale to protecting the wild places that inspire this work.

Where to find us. Talismania is available directly here, and through our stockists.