About

Pena Jewels was born in Lisbon in 2011, founded by Spanish designer Miriam Álvarez when she decided to follow her calling, leave her job in advertising and move to Portugal to study jewellery making. It was there that she created the brand.

Since then, Pena has never stopped travelling. From Lisbon to Madrid, where we opened our first shop and studio, and later to international trade shows in Paris and New York. For years, our jewellery crossed borders, finding its way into shops in Japan, China, France, Germany, Italy and other parts of Europe and Asia.

We continued to make everything by hand, working with local goldsmiths and workshops, but at a pace that left little room for the care we believed in. We presented two collections a year, worked with international clients and devoted more and more energy to keeping up with an industry that always seemed to demand more.

Until we realised that wasn’t our path.

After years on the international circuit, we decided to change direction and return to the intention behind Pena from the very beginning: to take our time, create freely and remain small and independent.

Today, our home is in Ibiza. We design small collections and produce our jewellery in Spain, working with local artisans and workshops and using traditional jewellery-making and goldsmithing techniques.

Every piece begins with an idea and, often, with our hands: shaping wax, rediscovering a symbol, an unexpected form or a story we want to turn into something tangible. Silver, bronze and gold slowly take shape, becoming contemporary, imperfect pieces of jewellery made to stay with you for a long time.

Ibiza has also gradually found its way into our world. The Mediterranean, its symbols, the sun, the sea and the island’s ancient stories are reimagined as amulets and small sculptures.

Pena has also always grown surrounded by women. Artist friends, photographers, designers and creatives who, over the years, have generously shared their work, ideas, time and talent with us. In one way or another, they are all part of Pena’s story.

More than a decade later, we continue to do things our own way: independently, in small quantities and closely connected to the people who make and wear our jewellery.

We believe in objects made with time and care. In knowing who makes them. In the hands behind every piece.

To us, that is the new luxury.