A Message from the Designer

Hello and welcome to BAIYÉ!

My name is Funto and I am the owner and creative director of BAIYÉ.

BAIYÉ was born out of personal needs, my skins reaction to non-precious metal, my love for colour, search for timeless pieces and the need to re-create the feeling of receiving gifts of jewellery from my grandmother; each unique piece had a story to tell: a visit to Rome in the 60's, a market in Australia or a merchant from Dubai.

I craft classic one-of-a-kind and limited pieces of jewellery from precious stone and metal, to mark life's special moments and accompany you as you make new ones.

The first time I strung together a piece of jewellery, I was 5, in a school in Glasgow, Scotland. My love grew in summer art class on the Isle of Man and my grandmother further encouraged me to pick up the craft by taking me to the Kings beader in Ibadan, Nigeria; a very, very old woman who had passed on the small shanty shop to her grand daughter but due to her passion for jewellery, still strung corals for the Kings wives with her failing eyesight. I have since moved around gathering inspiration that fuels my jewellery designs.

Like me BAIYÉ has been a nomad of a brand starting as Transformed Enterprises in Ibadan and Lagos, Nigeria, flying across the sea to Coventry, UK, where we re-branded and finally finding a home in British Columbia, Canada.

I hope you will consider owning and wearing my pieces, to enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed making them. 

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Do get in touch by sending me an email at funto@baiyejewellery.com or come follow us on our instagram page here.

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Lots of love,