The Drifstone Story

Driftstone begins with materials most people overlook — buoys, floats, and rope fragments that have spent years moving through saltwater, sunlight, and tide before washing ashore. Each piece carries its own history, shaped by the ocean long before it reaches my hands.

As an aquatic ecologist, I think constantly about the ways human materials move through water and how they affect the species that live there. Driftstone is a way to acknowledge that reality while offering something meaningful in return: a transformation of sea-worn debris into something lasting and beautiful.

Every Driftstone is created through a slow, hands-on process of selecting, combining, and refining these ocean-weathered plastics. The exact technique is intentionally labor-intensive and difficult to reproduce — each piece takes patience, and an understanding of how different materials behave after years at sea.

What matters most is the result: unique, stone-like forms with layered colors shaped by both the ocean and the maker.

Wearing a Driftstone is wearing a reminder — of the stories carried in our materials, of the impact we leave behind, and of the possibility of turning what was discarded into something worth keeping.