※ About BohoHaus ※

※ AESTHETE ※

(/ˈesˌTHēt/ noun: a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty)

If you're here, you're likely an aesthete too—someone who responds deeply to beauty in nature, art, culture, religion or myth. I created BohoHaus for women like us. It was born from a moment of transformation—a creative outlet during life's inevitable changes and a quiet rebellion against stagnation and conformity in my own life.

During this time of transition, seeking and creating beauty served as a nurturing balm that softened the world's hard edges: calming its tumult and coloring its wan palette. In short, it amplified what was good in life. As women, our world "speaks" to us. The way we experience our environment is often relational, conversational, and imaginative: the dishes cry they need to be done, the paperwork demands to be completed, the car screams for a washing; voices shouting to strive, produce, perform. These voices are often harsh and critical. Those voices, reminding us of all those things left undone or imperfect, are unrelenting and often we are exhausted by the grasping of it all.

As a counter to those voices, I wanted to create something that speaks to women differently—something that calls forth beauty, femininity, creativity and receptivity. Something that honors the ancient, sacred practice of womanly adornment that has been an expression of divine feminine energy since our beginning.

In the hustle of modern living, women have lost this rich and rewarding ritual, and in losing it, we have surrendered something precious. BohoHaus exists to reclaim that ritual—to bridge the gap between ancient traditions of ornation and today's need for ready-to-wear elegance.

More than just an accessory, each handmade, never re-created piece was inspired by women's stories and myths that serve to help tell yours. This is intentional beauty that transforms you, breaks the spell of sameness, and honors the feminine power you already carry.

I welcome you to BohoHaus.

-Joelle

If you're interested in longer form essays on beauty, philosophy, theology and culture, please visit me at The Aesthete Oblige on Substack

Explore the Collection

Before & After

A selection of the work — pieces inherited, forgotten, or imagined — that became something entirely new. This is what happens when memories meet making, and voice meets vision.

Inherited green and black jade leaves, drops and earrings with screw-post findings (before).

Three jade arrowhead leaves from same inheritance (before).

Carved jade leaf and three leaf jade earrings with screw-post findings (before).

Jade leaf turned pendant on collar style necklace; purple onyx, slab agates, green aventurine. Botanical palette, edgy structure (after).

Three arrowhead bar pendant, custom made. Rhyolite and ocean jasper shield stones, howlite teardrops, sunstone, hematite. Earthy and subtle (after).

Black jade leaf pendant on overlapping jade round necklace with reflective black glass and hematite. Matching earrings made with jade drops. Lush and dramatic (after).

Petite carved leaf and purple onyx earrings; made to stand alone or accompany leaf collar (after).

Three leaf earrings; replaced screw-post and incorporated vintage Sarah Coventry gold filigree pieces to add visual interest (after).

Green jade drops; replaced screw-post findings and added gorgeous rainbow moonstone for modern contrast and polish (after).

Dated and bauble-heavy earrings; Using the gorgeous color palette, custom earrings featuring filigree "cages" with red/black marbled agate, red Preciosa crystal and pink aventurine.

The vintage necklace set: updated and freshened. The dark cranberry, candy pinks, raspberry red and black—made glamorous with gold.

Bubbie's Story: Before

C.L. had inherited a broken necklace that once graced the neck of her beloved Bubbie. The gorgeous lead crystal teardrop beads, in various sizes, were in a plastic baggie alongside the jeweled clasp that once held this piece together. I had a vintage Sarah Coventry sunburst brooch with a crystal focal and thought the brooch would make a beautiful pendant.

Bubbie's Story: After

The Finished Piece: Sunny Vintage

The foundation of this necklace is Bubbie’s fabulous crystal beads. I added yellow and aquamarine-blue Preciosa crystals to echo the prismatic flashes within the original stones and the faceted cut of the crystal.

I transformed a vintage Sarah Coventry sunburst brooch by removing its original crystal and replacing it with the jeweled clasp of the broken necklace as the new centerpiece.

With a few crystal drops left over, I created a companion pair of earrings using Preciosa crystal and a gold finding salvaged from the original necklace.

Custom Work

A custom piece created for a mom who wanted to gift a piece of jewelry that was meaningful. Her daughter's style was "dark romance," a little goth, a little punk. Her daughter also loved Dracula. Taking a cue from the Victorian era of high manners and mourning romanticism, this necklace features white quartz, hammered pyrite, blood-red Czech glass with etched abstractions, puffed silver beads, star-etched rondelles and Preciosa crystal. The raw white quartz nugget pendant evocative of a shard of ice. Opulent and slightly menacing.

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