I was an architect and artist before I was a jeweler. It changed everything about how I design.
Nested Yellow is the atelier of Anna Vásquez, a designer trained in architecture and devoted to the quiet language of objects that last. Working from Portland since 2013, I make custom engagement rings and fine jewelry for people who want something that could only ever belong to them— designed through conversation, drawn by hand, and built to become an heirloom the moment it’s finished.
“A ring should hold the weight of what it means — not just the weight of its stone.”
Anna Vásquez
The Year of the Horse
Pegasus: Symbolizing freedom, strength, and momentum.
How we begin
Every custom ring starts with the Design Ceremony™, a private session where we explore your ideas, inspirations, gemstones, and symbolism.
From that conversation, I create a design that exists only for you.
It’s where your ring truly begins.
I didn’t come to jewelry the traditional way.
Anna Vásquez — Designer & Founder
My path ran through architecture and fine art first — through years of studying how objects hold meaning, how form follows feeling, how something made with real intention becomes more itself over time. That way of seeing didn’t leave me when I came to jewelry. It became the foundation of everything I make.
Every custom ring at Nested Yellow begins the same way: not with “what style do you like,” but with something closer to “tell me about the place where everything changed.” From that conversation, I draw. From that drawing, we build — through gemstone selection, 3D modeling, and a wearable resin prototype — until what exists is something that could only ever belong to you.
I call this process the Design Ceremony™. It’s intentional, unhurried, and collaborative from the first moment to the last.
I work with a small number of clients each month, by appointment, from my atelier in Portland’s historic West End. If you feel drawn to this work, I would be honored to begin something together.
A Portland Jewelry Atelier
Nested Yellow is located in Portland’s historic West End — a calm, intimate space where ideas are drawn by hand and refined with care.
Clients visit by appointment for private design sessions and gemstone viewings.
The atelier accepts a limited number of custom projects each month to ensure each piece receives the attention it deserves.
Jewelry Care
Try to avoid your jewelry coming into contact with perfumes, skin products and hair products. Remove when exercising, swimming, showering, or sleeping. Once a month soak your ring in warm water and soap. Lightly scrub under the gemstone with a brush and let it air dry. You will be so happy to see it sparkling in the light!