The Paloma pendant in 18k gold. A square emerald hangs on its point inside an open six-sided frame, on a thin chain.
Paloma pendant 18k gold, emerald

OXUS Fine jewelry by Maryam Najvan

Folded like paper. Made in 18k gold.

One-of-one jewelry. An artist designs it with you, in the Los Angeles Jewelry District.

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Nothing here comes from a catalog. Every piece starts with a conversation and a drawing.

01 The artist

An artist first.

Maryam Najvan wraps gold wire around carved white stone. She folds paper into shapes, paints ink in one stroke, and photographs the shadows of her own hands. OXUS jewelry comes from the same hands.

  • The RiverSigned, one-of-a-kind sculptures you can wear, presented through MB Abram
  • ShownDuets, Gallery 825, 2025
  • MemberLos Angeles Art Association
  • StudiedGraphic design in Isfahan, industrial design in Tehran
  • YearsMoved from Isfahan to Los Angeles, 2017. Started OXUS, 2020.
iFolded paper
A tall open shape of wire bent by hand, with its long shadow on a pale blue wall.
iiWire, and its shadow
iiiInk on paper
Her hand puts gold leaf on a small disc on the work table.
ivGold leaf, by hand
Photos of the shadows of a hand, each pose a little different.
vPhotos of hand shadows

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Sculpture first. Then gold.

02 From sculpture to jewelry

From art to jewelry.

Her best-known style is folded shapes in gold. Each piece started as art she made by hand, in wire, paper or ribbon. Put them side by side, and you see how one leads to the other.

Gold wire bent into an open six-sided cage over a carved white stone.
Wire around stone
The Paloma pendant on a pale table: a square emerald on its point inside an open gold hexagon.
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Paloma pendant

18k gold square emerald

An open gold hexagon holds the emerald.

Two small squares of painted paper, folded into points, black and orange, on a pale card.
Two folds of painted paper
The Paloma earrings: square emeralds, each framed by gold folded into a four-pointed star.
ii

Paloma earrings

Solid gold square emeralds

Gold folded into a star around each stone.

A black and white photo of one sheet of paper, folded and standing on its edges.
A single sheet, folded
A heart pendant made of flat, angled sides of 14k gold, with a sapphire in the center.
iii

Faceted heart

14k gold sapphire also in white gold

A heart with flat sides, like folded paper.

Paper flowers on wire
A flower pendant of five amethyst petals around a small diamond, on a gold chain with two small gold triangles.
iv

Violet Starburst

Gold amethyst diamonds

Five amethyst petals around a diamond. Small gold triangles on the chain.

A ribbon of gold-colored metal wrapped into an open shape, with a long shadow on green.
A wrapped ribbon of metal
The Embrace ring: bands of yellow gold that cross and curve around an oval tanzanite.
v

Embrace ring

Gold tanzanite

Bands of gold that wrap the stone.

The Violet Starburst necklace with small yellow flowers and green leaves.
Violet Starburst, with mimosa flowers
The Violet Starburst, worn at the neck.
Worn
The faceted heart in white gold on a thin yellow gold chain.
Faceted heart, white gold

03 One ring, start to finish

From the model to the hand.

A custom wedding ring in white metal: a pear-shaped diamond solitaire with eternity bands of emerald-cut diamonds. Maryam designed every part in CAD, down to the gem map. Then she directed expert casters and setters in the Jewelry District, and checked every step herself.

Step one Her model in MatrixGold

The modelEvery prong and stone planned before any metal is made
  1. ii
    The metal parts on white cloth, with no stones yet: the setting for the pear diamond and two bands with open prongs.

    The metal parts

    The setting and the bands, made from her model, before any stones.

  2. iii
    Two eternity bands with emerald-cut diamonds all the way around. The empty pear setting is below them.

    The bands, set

    Emerald-cut diamonds all the way around. The pear setting is still empty.

  3. iv
    The loose pear-shaped diamond on white paper, shining in the light.

    The stone

    The pear diamond, before it is set.

  4. v
    The finished ring from the side: the pear diamond held high in its prongs above two eternity bands of emerald-cut diamonds.

    Finished

    The diamond set high above its two bands.

vi In the hand

One of one. Designed and checked by the same artist.

The finished ring, in the hand

04 Range

Soft shapes and sharp lines.

Gold leaf shaped by hand, with turquoise. Aventurine stones on wire. A spiked bangle. And from the same designer, precise high jewelry with diamonds.

Natural shapes

Gold leaf pendants shaped by hand. Each petal holds small turquoise beads.
Gold leaf, turquoise
Spiked bangle
Many green aventurine drops on thin gold wire, hanging from a curved necklace.
Aventurine on wire

Clean lines

A gold pendant: a round emerald inside circles of small diamonds.
Emerald with circles of diamonds
A bridal set in white metal: a round diamond ring above a band with a row of stones.
Bridal set
An open gold bracelet with lined ends. One end has a single diamond in a star.
Open gold cuff

05 The studio

Drawn by hand. Planned to every stone.

Every piece starts as a drawing on her desk. Maryam studied graphic and industrial design. She builds each piece herself in CAD. She makes the technical drawings, the stone details and the gem map. Then she directs expert casters and setters in the Jewelry District. She checks every sample and every finished piece.

  • MatrixGold
  • Rhino
  • ZBrush
  • KeyShot
  1. i

    Conversation

    On Zoom or in person. You tell us your story and what you want.

  2. ii

    Drawing

    She sketches the piece for you.

  3. iii

    Model

    She builds it in CAD. You see the piece from every side before any metal is made.

  4. iv

    Gem map

    Technical drawings, and the details of every stone.

  5. v

    Cast and set

    Experts in the Jewelry District make the metal and set the stones. She directs them and checks every step.

If you can imagine it, she can draw it.

More of her CAD designs

  • A rose gold ring shaped like snakes that loop over and through each other.

    Snake ring rose gold

  • A wide band in white metal with a cut-out Greek key pattern.

    Greek key band

  • A pair of crescent moon earrings, each with a diamond and a hanging star.

    Moon and star earrings

  • A platinum bangle with an open lace pattern of tiny diamonds.

    Lace bangle platinum

  • A pear-shaped green stone in a circle of diamonds, on a gold chain.

    Emerald pear pendant

  • A marquise diamond on a pointed band of small diamonds, shaped like a crown, in yellow gold.

    Marquise crown ring

  • A round ball earring covered in small diamonds.

    Diamond ball earring

06 Traditions

For every tradition.

Families in Los Angeles give gold for the big moments in life. Tell us about your tradition. We design the piece around what it means to you.

Marriage

  • A plain gold band for the chuppah
  • Sets for a Persian aghd
  • Bridal gold and the mangalsutra
  • Wedding gold for a Chinese ceremony
  • Armenian and Middle Eastern bridal sets

Milestones

  • Bar and bat mitzvah
  • A gold ring for a Korean dol, the first birthday
  • Quinceañera
  • Sweet sixteen
  • Graduation
  • A first grandchild

Faith and symbol

  • Star of David
  • Hamsa
  • Cross
  • Crescent and star
  • Nazar, the evil eye
  • Om

A name, in its own language

  • فارسیPersian
  • עבריתHebrew
  • ՀայերենArmenian
  • العربيةArabic
  • देवनागरीDevanagari
  • 中文Chinese

Is your tradition not here? Tell us about it.

A woman in a dark top wears a small gold pendant with a green stone at her neck.

07 Inherited stones

Bring us the stone your grandmother wore.

A stone your family brought from Tehran, Beirut, Yerevan or Mumbai. Maryam looks at it with you and draws a new setting for it. We make it into a new piece for the next generation. The stone keeps its story.

  1. iBring the piece
  2. iiSee the drawing
  3. iiiApprove the model
  4. ivWear it again
Start with your stone

08 The name

OXUS

Oxus is the old name of the Amu Darya, a great river in Central Asia. Around 1877 to 1880, people found about 180 pieces of gold and silver near the river. They are Persian, from the Achaemenid Empire, made about 2,400 years ago.

Today the Oxus Treasure is at the British Museum. It is some of the finest ancient gold work in the world. Maryam was born in Isfahan and works in Los Angeles. OXUS takes its name from this river.

Beneath California palms, the Oxus still flows.OXUS Los Angeles Jewelry District Since 2020

09 Commissions

By private appointment.

Every piece starts with a conversation, at the studio in the Los Angeles Jewelry District or on Zoom. A wedding ring, a gift for a big day, a stone you already own, or something new. Tell us a little about your idea.

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