Tabayer

Tabayer

Nigora Tokhtabayeva, born in Uzbekistan and now based in Miami, founded Tabayer in 2021, debuting with a collection called Oera built around Inanna's Knot, an ancient Mesopotamian symbol of protection. The line works in Fairmined gold and ethically sourced diamonds shaped into smooth, sculptural forms influenced by modernist sculptors like Isamu Noguchi and Alexander Archipenko rather than traditional fine jewelry settings.

Jewelry

This grid centers the Oera line, the collection that launched the brand, reinterpreting an ancient knot symbol as a rounded, knife edged form rather than a literal amulet. The sculptural approach traces directly to Tokhtabayeva's stated influences in modernist sculpture, treating each ring or cuff as a small object first and an ornament second. It is jewelry built around a single, repeated idea rather than scattered motifs.

More Jewelry

A further look at the house's minimalist, symbol driven design language, extending Oera's rounded forms into earrings and pendants. The brand has built its identity on using materials responsibly, Fairmined gold, Kimberley Process diamonds, made by family-owned ateliers, which is worth knowing even though it rarely shows up visually. The pieces stay quiet in outline but deliberate in meaning.

Our honest take

Tabayer is a young label, only a few years old, but its point of view is unusually specific: one symbol, reworked in different scales and finishes, rather than a sprawling assortment of ideas. That focus makes the jewelry easy to recognize and a little repetitive if you are looking for variety within one order. For someone drawn to its origin story and sculptural language, it is a coherent, well argued collection.