About Us

Our Mission

"To offer finely crafted, distinct jewelry to people searching for meaning and the desire for originality. We offer our own lines of designer jewelry and personalized commission work. Each piece maximizes superior design and craftsmanship and carries the spirit of Chaya Studio - our undying passion for art and design."

Chaya Studio headquarters are currently located on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. We are a growing company, first established in 1999. Our studio is open to the public via appointment only.

Are you local? Feel free to contact us to schedule a visit. You are invited to attend a private viewing of our designer lines, receive a free consultation for custom jewelry and get a tour of the studio where the work is created!

Whether you are local or not, we work very closely with our clients to be sure they receive the best customer service and the best product. Please visit our Jewelry Gallery to learn more about our custom work and to shop our designer lines.

Chaya Studio is an active member of the local and national arts communities. We feel it is important to stay current with events happening in the jewelry and crafts/arts industries in order to offer the best products and services to our customers. We also feel it is important to be an active participant in these communities. Chaya is currently a board member for Maine Crafts Association and serves as chairperson for the Education Committee. This committee is dedicated to bringing business education to artists in Maine.

About the founder, Chaya Caron

I find a beautiful sense of contentment when I am creating in my studio. I feel so blessed that I have found a way to do it everyday and share my work with others. My mission in life is to make a difference in this world. I intend to contribute in some way, everyday, until my time in this physical body is over. I am in love with art and I hope to spread this joy and love for the arts to people everywhere.

When I create work, I come from a variety of inner places depending on many different factors. However, I am always consistent with my intentions to design and create high quality, distinct work that someone will own with pride.

I am passionate, driven, spiritual and loving. Life is far too wonderful and miraculous to be anything less than happy, even through the tough times. Martha Graham, a famous dancer, once spoke the following passage to Agnes DeMille. The passage was introduced to me by a mentor and close friend, my mother, and it has since served as great inspiration for me (my mother serves as great inspiration for me as well):

There is a vitality, a life force,
A quickening that is translated through you into action,
And because there is only one of you in all time
That expression is unique.
And if you block it, it will never exist through
any other medium and be lost.
It is not your business to determine how good it is;
Nor how valuable it is;
Nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly,
To keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself
Or your work.
You have to keep open and aware directly
To the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open...
No artist is pleased...
There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.
There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction;
A blessed unrest
That keeps us marching and makes us more alive...

I hope you enjoy the website and our Jewelry Gallery. Please feel free to contact us at anytime. We would love to hear from you. Always smile and live happily, life is too short for anything else.

Regards,
Chaya Caron
Founder, Chaya Studio

"Chaya's work comes from a place of personal and professional integrity. She is a skilled jeweler and an artist who can help you create your own vision."

"My husband and I wear our rings every day and delight in them. I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am that I entrusted my creative vision to Chaya and my gratitude to her for breathing more beauty and life into that vision than I could have achieved on my own."

"Thanks, Chaya, for such a wonderful job!"
-client, Maggie