Most jewelry is made. Sea glass is found, and it spent decades becoming what it is before anyone touched it.

WHERE IT COMES FROM

Sea glass starts as ordinary glass: bottles, jars, windows. Once it ends up in the ocean, the waves take over. Over 20 to 100 years, sand and rock wear down the sharp edges while saltwater etches the surface. What was once clear and glossy comes back soft and frosted.

WHY NO TWO PIECES ARE ALIKE

The sea doesn't run a production line. Every fragment that washes ashore is a different shape, size, and shade, and no two are ever identical. That's why every Kamaya piece is one-of-a-kind by default, not by design. When our Balinese artisans set a piece into sterling silver 925 or gold-plated silver, they're shaping metal around something the ocean made and won't make twice.

HOW KAMAYA MAKES IT

We source every piece of sea glass ourselves, checking that it's been tumbled naturally by the sea rather than faked in a machine. Our Balinese artisans then shape, set, and polish each piece by hand, carrying forward a silversmithing tradition that's been part of this island for generations. What you end up with is a piece shaped twice: once by the ocean, once by hand.

Find our full collection in our stores in Ubud and Nusa Lembongan, or shop worldwide at shopkamaya.com.