"I went to Rishikesh, India to find myself. I found a community of women instead."

Women creating. Leaving. Beginning again. Women who wore their imperfections openly.

I came home changed.

Then I lost myself again.

In a relationship. In a life that looked right. In a version of myself that wasn’t mine. I left with my daughter, Lillian. And the question every woman asks at some point: Now what? LIANA was never created from heartbreak. It was created from what remained after. From the rebuilding. The uncertainty. The strange beauty of becoming someone new before you’re ready.

I don’t create jewelry as decoration. I create symbolic objects for women in the middle of it. Not after but during. Most pieces are bought by women for themselves. Not as a gift. As a decision.

— Melissa