Graziela's story
Guided by the magic of gems, from the very beginning.
inspired by the unhurried confidence of brazil
Graziela Kaufman grew up in Brazil, in a family where jewelry was a tradition. As a child, she spent long hours in her grandfather’s atelier, watching an Italian goldsmith’s hands turn raw mineral into light.
As a teenager, she traveled the mining towns of Brazil herself, learning stones the way some people learn faces: by spending time with them, one at a time. Her relationships with Brazilian miners now span decades, keeping every stone traceable to the ground it came from.
a Brazilian soul and a sculptor’s eye
She earned her diploma from the Gemological Institute of America and founded her house in 2009, building it the way she builds every piece: gem first. She helped pioneer the use of Paraiba tourmaline in fine jewelry, a stone whose color lives somewhere between water and sky, and introduced two previously unseen gems to the market, Midnight Aquamarine and Graziela Tourmaline, both now trademarked to the house.
It’s Deeper Than Jewelry
The most personal piece she owns cost nothing. On a beach in Bahia twenty-five years ago, John, now her husband, gave her a ring carved from a coconut shell and asked her to spend her life with him. It has lived on her hand ever since, and it taught her the thing the whole house is built on: the smallest piece can carry the longest story.