Behind the Brand
The Philosophy
Jewelry is more than precious metals and gemstones—each piece is an emotional storytelling device, a tangible connection to humanity's 100,000-year tradition of creating beauty.
Throughout history, even in the harshest conditions, humans have dedicated precious time and resources to creating objects of beauty. This wasn't frivolous—it was, and remains, essential to being human.
The vintage and estate pieces curated here carry stories from the past into the present. Each piece in the collection represents not just craftsmanship and material value, but a moment in time when someone decided that beauty mattered enough to create something lasting.
The Venus of Brassempouy
The Stones + Orbits logo features the Venus of Brassempouy, a 3.6cm ivory carving created 25,000 years ago during the Gravettian period in what is now southwestern France. Created during Earth's Last Glacial Maximum—one of the harshest periods in human history—this tiny sculpture required an estimated 40 hours of meticulous work.
She represents everything Stones + Orbits stands for: the irrepressible human need to create beauty regardless of circumstances, the connection shared across millennia through objects of meaning, and an independent spirit that's both tough and knowing—captured in her subtle smile that seems to hold ancient secrets.
This Paleolithic masterpiece serves as a reminder that these pieces aren't just jewelry—they're part of an unbroken chain of human creativity stretching back to humanity's earliest ancestors.
A Natural History Museum of Jewelry
Every piece is meticulously researched, documented, and presented with its story: its era, craftsmanship, and journey through time, made accessible to discerning collectors who treat themselves without apology or occasion.
The hope is that this method speaks to those who see these jewels not just as objects of adornment but as artifacts of human creativity, reliquaries of our collective past and the stories still to come.
Jewelry is profound while superfluous—a beautiful paradox.
Whether drawn to the craftsmanship, the history, the beauty, or simply the way it looks on the hand, that pull toward a piece is magnetic and alchemical.
Trust it.
In choosing to build Stones + Orbits, the same tradition continues as that ancient carver of the Venus of Brassempouy: