I’m so honored to be featured by VoyageLA Magazine as part of their Hidden Gems of LA series celebrating inspiring artists. This interview was such a beautiful chance to share more about my creative journey, the challenges I’ve overcome, and the heart behind every piece of jewelry I create. I’m so excited to share the full feature with you here.

✨Hi Margaux, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.

My jewelry journey actually began when I was embarking on a path of self-healing. I was working a lot with crystals and gemstones in 2015, and that led me to wanting to wear my stones to feel connected to them on a deeper level and to carry them with me. I couldn’t find anything in the market that aligned with the vision I had in my mind, so I learned how to create what I wanted to wear by teaching myself some of the basics. At that point I was working with people one-on-one, and I started getting asked more and more frequently by people where I got my pendants from. With some gentle nudges of encouragement from loved ones, I started a small collection and offered them for sale and sold them at Spellbound Sky, and they took off. I was getting custom requests, repeat clients, celebrities coming in to shop were adorning themselves in my jewelry. Every single piece that sold felt so special. I couldn’t believe how my wanting to make myself pieces, as I learned what self-love looked like, was resonating so much with so many people.

It inspired me and cracked something open within me. It gave me true purpose. I have always been someone who wanted nothing more than to help others feel encouraged to help themselves; and by witnessing so many people find their courage, feel empowered, and step into themselves from an offering that felt so simple was so beautiful to me.

It gave me all the momentum I needed to feel worthy of chasing this dream of creating the visions in my head into reality. I found an incredible mentor who became one of my closest friends, who also introduced me to her mentor, then in his 80’s from Santa Monica, who specialized in Lost Wax Carving, he taught me the craft as one of his last students. As soon as I started working with the wax, it felt like second nature to me – almost like holding a paintbrush, being able to meditate and express my artistry in a new way that was a further extension of myself and my heart.

There isn’t an element of my business I’m not involved in or that my hands don’t touch. I have a very firm vision in my mind and have found my way through trial and error to bring my brand to life. I learned how to photograph and edit my pieces in the way I wanted them to be captured, I built my website, I wrap every order myself and include personalized letters and description cards to accompany each piece and every stone so that my client has a deeper understanding of the intentionality behind each piece. Every detail is so important to me and feels like sacred ritual. I want people to know and to feel how grateful and honored I am that they are letting me into their life, even through a beautiful piece of jewelry.

A decade in, the more I’ve learned, grown and created, the more I feel like I’m finding myself, and the more determined I am to inspire others to find themselves. I truly love being able to create for the sake of creating, as I believe that in itself is an act of devotion and healing.

✨Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?

Oh my goodness, no. Let me tell you: there is no harsher critic that exists than yourself. I think my biggest struggle over this many years is how much I can get in my own way. Whether it’s facing impostor syndrome, perfection arrestation, fear of being seen, fear of success, questioning my own worthiness, burnout from wearing the many hats of running a business… there are many manifestations of self-doubt that creep in as an artist.

Something that I’ve always kept at the forefront of my brand is keeping it real. Relating to my community in the most honest sense is so important to me. For example, when I am feeling burned out, I’ll share that with my followers and ask them to share their experiences of burnout with me as a way to connect, as real people finding our way together in life. Or when I finally make a breakthrough with impostor syndrome, I’ll write a blog post and share my struggle with it with the hopes of it helping someone else, rather than pretending I have it all figured out.
I’ve always believed that coming from a space of vulnerability and genuity leaves me feeling like I’m living the most authentic way I can, and it lets others show up to hold space for you, and feel like they’re not alone in their experience.
I can curate a beautiful vision of my brand for my website, but on a personal level when it comes to what I share with the world, I just want to be real and honest – I really don’t know another way.

One of the greatest books I’ve read in the last decade is The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. He speaks to the creator within, at a cellular level. There’s like, endless mind-blowing quotes in that book, but one of them that really hit me was: “Art is choosing to do something skilfully, caring about the details, bringing all of yourself to make the finest work you can. It is beyond ego, vanity, self-glorfification, and need for approval.”

I think once I realized I was focusing too much of my energy on getting the final product perfectly finished on the first go, and fear of how I would be perceived or judged by others, I had to just say f**k it and let the loudest voice I was listening to be my own — and not the fear-driven ego voice, but the cheerleading voice, the one who believes in herself.

✨As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?

I’m a French-American fine jewelry artist based in Los Angeles, specializing in Lost Wax carving, the alchemical process of transforming wax into gold. My jewelry is inspired by all that is dreamy, pastel and Rococo, a blend of my French heritage with the sacred, spiritual and ethereal. Along with my core collections, I make many bespoke custom engagement rings and one-of-a-kind heirlooms, each piece I craft is filled with intention, care and treated with the honor. It’s truly humbling to feel entrusted to create such sacred adornments for every client.

One of the pieces I am most proud of is my Ring of Ethereal Grace. I modeled the design off of Princess Diana’s engagement ring and created my own interpretation of it. I have always felt a deep connection to Princess Diana, and a desire to follow in her incarnation of unbridled love, unwavering strength, and altruistic compassion for humanity.

One of the milestones I am most proud of, I have to say is my client base. I’ve always been about quality over quantity and I just feel so lucky to have the sweetest, most loving, amazing, beautiful clients. My jewelry always seems to find the right people, and each testimonial I receive goes up on my Compliments page to remind me of the impact my artistry has on others.
Adorning powerhouses like Yeardley Smith, Toni Collette, Kate Moss, Sarah Hyland, and Laura Lynne Jackson have been major highlights.

I think what sets me apart from others is how I relate to people. I truly, sincerely care about every single interaction, piece that is sold, client that I have. It’s important for me to let others feel loved and cherished, and like the investment they are making in me and my business is absolutely not taken lightly.

✨Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?

It’s so funny you asked me this, because I literally JUST wrote an article about the phenomenon of the “Lucky Girl Syndrome.”

I grew up in a challenging household filled with limited beliefs and emotionally toxic relationships. Awareness, learning, and unlearning have been a major focus for me over the last 15+ years, and a common theme I’ve come up against is recognizing how much my own mindset and belief structures the entire rest of my life. It’s like a domino effect — if I’m convinced I have bad luck, or want to feel like a victim of circumstances, I will be a magnet for more experiences that keep me feeling that way. But if I want to shift my focus to feeling lucky, being worthy of love and success and dreaming in unlimited possibilities, I become a magnet for miracles.

I’ve got a reminder set on my phone which goes off every morning and says, “I’m so lucky — everything works out for me.” It forces me to pause, take a breath, and feel the belief wash over me.

I’m a deep believer in manifestation and the law of attraction, and if I believe I’m lucky and I’m worthy of receiving the dreams I want, they will be made manifest. After all, the only difference between me and the people living their dream lives, is that they were brave enough to say, “Why not me?”, take action and keep on the path towards their dreams. No one person is any more worthy than the next, and I believe luck, manifestation, and vibrational alignment don’t discriminate — all it takes is your own belief and mindset shift and choice to just make it happen. And every single time I’ve chosen to feel worthy (or lucky), I’ve watched doors of opportunity open in front of me. I’ve still had to battle my own fear of choosing to walk through them, though!

✨You can read the full feature directly on VoyageLA here!

This feature feels especially meaningful as I continue creating jewelry that embodies love, empowerment, and sacred storytelling. Sharing my story and the heart behind my jewelry feels like such a blessing, and I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity. Thank you to VoyageLA for spotlighting my work, and to each of you for being part of this journey.