Today we’d like to introduce you to Ebonie Jones.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Clay + Stone was born out of necessity—out of a quiet search for adornment that felt like both where I come from and where I am. I wanted jewelry that existed at the intersection of minimal design and African influence—pieces that didn’t perform culture, but held it softly in their form. When I couldn’t find it, I began to create it myself.
What emerged is a handmade jewelry and fragrance brand rooted in Ghanaian and West African heritage, expressed through a restrained, modern aesthetic. Each piece is made in small batches, balancing boldness with simplicity, presence with stillness. Clay + Stone is my way of translating identity into form—intimate, wearable, and intentional.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Growing up in the Washington, D.C. area with Ghanaian and Creole heritage, one of my earliest challenges was learning how to hold multiple identities in spaces that rarely reflected them fully. Culture was deeply present at home, but often less visible in the environments I moved through daily.
In my work, this became a creative tension: how to honor heritage without reducing it to costume, and how to create pieces that felt culturally grounded while still existing seamlessly in modern, everyday life. I struggled to find jewelry that reflected that balance—minimal, refined, and contemporary, yet still connected to lineage and memory.
That absence became the challenge and the catalyst.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
Clay + Stone is the physical expression of that lived experience. Each piece is designed and handcrafted in small batches—intentional, tactile, and refined. The work lives in contrast: bold yet minimal, rooted yet modern, expressive yet restrained.
The brand exists at the intersection of heritage and contemporary design, where culture is not preserved behind glass but reimagined for everyday wear. Alongside jewelry, fragrance becomes another layer of storytelling—an invisible but intimate extension of identity.
Clay + Stone is for those who move with intention—who see beauty in detail, meaning in simplicity, and understand that adornment can be both personal and reflective.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I grew up in the Washington, D.C. area in a home shaped by layered heritage and contrasting energies. My stepfather is from Ghana, and my mother is from Louisiana, rooted in Cajun country—so culture was never singular, but woven through West African tradition, Southern lineage, and the pace of a fast-moving city.
I have a younger sister, and from early on I stepped into a protective role—watchful, grounded, and often speaking up for what felt unspoken or overlooked. That instinct expanded beyond family into how I move through the world: attentive to detail, drawn to nuance, and sensitive to those without a voice.
Naturally introverted and INTJ by temperament, I process inwardly first, observing before I act. In contrast, my mother’s extroverted presence taught me how to occupy space without overwhelming it—how to be visible without being loud, intentional without excess.
That balance became foundational. The tension between restraint and presence, quiet and assertion, is not something I learned later in life—it is how I was shaped. It now lives in my work. Clay + Stone’s language of bold minimalism is an outward reflection of that duality: who I naturally am, and who I have been nurtured to become.
Pricing:
- Fulani Hoops $70.00
- Dogon Color Block Earrings :$60
- Kuba Cobalt Earrings: $60
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.clayandstoneshop.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clayandstone_/
