THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT
Made by Four Women. Carved by One Master.
ANAM CARA was founded in 2025 by four women in New York, Cindy Hou, Isabella Qiao, Yuki Qiu, and Kaylee Zhao, who set out to reimagine traditional jade through a modern, soulful lens.
Every piece is designed in-house and hand-carved by Cindy's father, a master jade carver in China. She personally selects and evaluates each stone for its quality, texture, and energy, so that no two pieces are ever alike.
Today, our pieces can be seen and tried in person at Camellia NYC in Manhattan, a place to feel the weight, color, and warmth of each stone in your own hands.
"My father is a master jade carver. He shapes every stone by hand, and I choose each one myself."
CINDY HOU
Founder of ANAM CARA
WHY ANAM CARA
WOMEN-OWNED
Founded and run by four women in New York.
NATURAL JADE
Untreated stones, hand-picked.
No two are ever alike.
SMALL BATCH
Made in-house in limited numbers, never mass-produced.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
More Than Adornment
We believe jewelry can be a bridge between the spiritual and the material, a quiet companion through life's small moments and its milestones.
Every design honors authenticity over decoration. Soft lines, organic textures, understated elegance, each piece made to let the jade speak in its own voice, and to invite you to reconnect with nature, with memory, with yourself.