In the Studio With Jewelry Designer Kate Jones of Ursa Major

Photograph by Jay Carroll, courtesy of Kate Jones

“We like salt air, things a little undone, and just precious enough.” So reads the Instagram bio of Kate Jones, the designer behind cult favorite jewelry co. Ursa Major. For Kate, re-settled on the coast of Maine after stints in New York and San Francisco, what she calls a style “somewhere between the past and the present” is a way of being—and, naturally, her laidback-meets-sophisticated, unfussy-elegant sensibility translates not just to her subtle, timeless pieces but to her workspace too. Join us for a tour of her studio, designed by Kate and her husband, Chris.

“There was a a small existing building where the studio is now, but we essentially rebuilt it when we added a 10-by-20-foot addition to it,” Kate says.

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The wood stove is “an old Jøtul from the sixties found on Craigslist”; the stool is a collaboration between Bode and Green River Project.

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Kate and Chris designed the studio with skylights above for “good jewelry-work lighting.”

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A vignette on a worktop.

Photograph by Jay Carroll, courtesy of Kate Jones

“Cabinet hardware is by my dear friend Henry Wilson, out of Sydney, Australia,” Kate says.

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The view past the lichen-covered granite ledge.

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Kate heading down to the cove.

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Photograph courtesy of Kate Jones