MY STORY

Ten26 Studio
Jewelry made to keep a moment.

I'm Danielle, the metalsmith behind Ten26 Studio. I work in sterling silver and gold, setting gemstones and whatever else a story calls for, from a small studio in the Michigan woods.

Every piece I make is built to hold onto something: a place, a season, a feeling worth keeping. I choose materials for the story they tell together, not their price tag, so a rare stone might sit beside a bit of vintage wood or an unexpected find, each doing its part. I shape every setting by hand to follow its natural edge. No two pieces are alike, and none are made twice.

Many of my newest pieces are wheels, read clockwise. Each stone is a moment, and together they keep one stretch of time. Every one also carries a single fabricated element at its heart, like an engraved leaf or a tiny hollow form. That's my mark.

The studio is named for a date: 10/26, my firstborn's birthday. It marks the day I left a "safe" job in the nonprofit world to raise my family, and the start of everything this studio became. I still do it all myself, from the bench to the camera to the box it ships in.

New story pieces unfold on Instagram like a short book, and my email list sees each finished piece first.

Thank you for being here.
Danielle