About MA

There are jewels that adorn, and then there are jewels that speak.

May Albuquerque is a storyteller, a dreamer, and a meticulous artisan. Born in Brazil and now based in New York City, May brings a soul-deep reverence for beauty, legacy, and craftsmanship into every piece she creates. With over a decade of experience across the jewelry world, she distills a lifetime of artistry and emotion into wearable art.

Her designs live at the intersection of elegance and edge, where high jewelry meets non classical shapes, and fine materials become vessels for meaning. Each creation is a conversation between past and present: from ocean-raised pearls to sun-bathed ceramics, vintage gold to custom-cut stones, everything is chosen with an obsessive eye and a beating heart.

May’s work is intimate and intentional. Her pieces are not made to follow trends—they’re made to transcend them. They whisper stories of where you come from, who you’ve become, and what you dare to imagine.

Every jewel is a fragment of May’s world: personal, unique, poetic, and eternal.