Founded by two women artists, the Mareve brand embodies the spirit of creative experimentation. The union and harmony of color and pattern within each handcrafted glass stone is an apt metaphor for the origin of Mareve: two artists – Eveline Ko and Mary Beth Bliss – living on opposite sides of the world but sharing cultures, complementary perspectives and a deep passion for the art of glass. 

Artist and entrepreneur Eveline Ko was born with art in her DNA. Her father was a master painter, specializing in both Eastern and Western styles, and Eveline grew up with a deep appreciation for art and its potential to bridge cultures. Following an accomplished career in finance, she has spent the past decade following her creative dream, exploring the rich culture of traditional art and crafts like ceramics, painting and sculpture. She discovered the transformative power of glassblowing which led her to the United States to study glassblowing, glass chemistry and design, where she met pioneering glass artists Mary Beth Bliss and Peter VanderLaan. 

Mary Beth Bliss is an accomplished glass artist known for pioneering an intricate method of layering colored and patterned glass, creating iconic sculptural works that can be found in galleries and private collections all over the world. Throughout her career, her work has pushed the limits of material and scale – sweeping arcs of glass that seem to defy gravity; thick blocks of laminated glass that maintain crystal-clear, optical perfection; mesmerizing colors that magically shift with the light. Over the past decade she has also explored working at a more intimate scale, adapting her techniques to create collections of wearable art. Working with her partner and longtime collaborator Peter VanderLaan, himself a renowned glass artist and glass chemist, they created an extensive archive of thousands of pieces of twisted glass canes, handblown glass rondels and murrini patterned glass – elements that find their way into her signature pieces.   

The artists quickly developed a deep respect for each other’s background, skill and entrepreneurial spirit, recognizing the potential in one day collaborating on a creative project. In recent years, Bliss had been experimenting with creating small and intricate glass cabochons – essentially miniature versions of her earlier, large-scale work – and she and Ko began dreaming up a new line of jewelry that could combine their respective talents into a shared vision.

Thus, Mareve was born.