A bench, a torch, a hammer, and the sea a few steps away.

Zama Silver is one maker working in sterling silver in Tulum, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Everything in the shop was sawn, hammered, soldered and polished by hand, one piece at a time, usually in the mornings before the heat.

Zamá was the name of this place before it was Tulum — it means dawn. The pieces are named the same way: for what they are, not for a trend. A hammered band is a hammered band. It will outlast the trip you bought it on.

If you met the maker at the resort counter, this is the same jewelry, photographed on the same bench. If you didn't, welcome — ask anything on WhatsApp, and if a piece has already sold, say so and one like it can be made for you.