Inspiration

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Julie

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Meet Julie, who is a ray of light and was my mom’s dearest friend. She surprised me by wearing every ring mom gave her, when I visited her beautiful ceramics shop at the Bazaar Sabado this weekend.

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Essential Ring

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As a young girl, I used to sit in my mother’s bedroom and look through her books of African art and textiles. There was no Internet back then, and TV shows were scarce. The images I saw seeped into my mind, and now come out as rings or paintings, symbols of a young dreamer on a couch, imagining a world that expanded beyond the hills around her. Memories of women in desert huts, who painted and wove and lived a life so different, yet similar in essence to what mine has become.

Essential Ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Unique

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I am as excited as you are to create your favorite pieces based on my past collections.

Helping you decide if you want a pendant to become a ring (or vice versa), choose the perfect size for your body, select the color and shape of your gemstone, makes this a shared adventure!

Here is another of my favorite commissions. The gemstone gives each talisman a unique energy and character.

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Your Favorite Piece

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Today I celebrate that it’s been 11 years since I made my first jewelry collection. Throughout this time, I have focused on making one of a kind pieces that I do not repeat. 

This month will be different: I would like to make you your favorite piece(s) from any of my past collections. 

There are options: if I no longer have the same gemstone, I will show you other gemstones to choose from; A ring can become a pendant, or vice versa; I can make a smaller version of (almost) any design; I can offer design variations on the piece you choose. 

Visit the Gallery Section of my website’s main menu to see every piece I’ve ever made. There are 7 Galleries and over 1,000 designs to choose from.

Please contact me here to place your order. 

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Father

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This is my father, Jorge Musi. He was born in Mexico City from Lebanese parents. For most of his life, he designed and built sculpted houses. One of his last projects is my favorite: his guest house in Santa María del Oro, Nayarit.

He is one of the most equanimous people I know, and he has always valued human connection above all else.

I love you dad!

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Return

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It has been six months of absence.

Musibatty has gone through a process of profound transformation. As an artist, as a woman and as a human being I have had to go down to the depths of my roots and rethink fundamental aspects of myself.

This life is a journey of discovery, not only of the world, but of ourselves. And this last part is, perhaps, the most difficult, because it confronts us with our broken and wounded parts. We all have the option of making that trip to the dark side of our mind, but few are willing to do so. It is understandable, because it hurts. But for some of us, especially those who insist on making art, it is indispensable.

The subject of art is the very essence of the artist. There is no other way to do it. And if, as an artist, I want to offer the world something authentic, something valuable, something that aspires to be called real art, nobody could save me these months of introspection.

Because of that, I have had to be absent. But also for that, now I must return.

Musibatty returns, but no longer as a signature for ornamental art, but as a signature of deep art. Of the kind of art that aims to show us the most intimate twists and turns of a person's soul. That is my commitment with myself and with you, to create art that opens doors to a different appreciation of the world. At least, that will be my intent.

I hope that this road, this life, this work will offer you and me new visions, new symbols, new interpretations of what life is and what we are in this changing and surprising world that we have inherited from the hands of the cosmos.

Welcome back to the Musibatty experience. Thanks for still being here, I'm glad we can meet again.

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Experiment

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I use sheets of sterling silver to create most of my jewelry. At the end of each month, I am left with cuttings that are usually too small to work with.

Normally, I would melt these pieces to make larger sheets that I can easily re-use, but this time, I decided to use them for my next series. 

I have no idea what they will become...

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Cats!

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I rarely make commissions, but when I was asked to make a cat ring a few weeks ago, I couldn't resist. 

I always had a cat when I was little. First there was Soot (black and cuddly), then Miffy (who abandoned us to become the neighborhood's wild cat), then Chiquis-Chiquis (who had purple eyes and rattled when she tried to meow). I loved their independent and contemplative nature (once they stopped being kittens!).

Now that I live in a large apartment –and before my mothering instincts make me adopt a boyfriend– I've been looking for a cat to share my space with. Until I find the right match, I have been drawing lots of felines, some of which will soon become jewelry.

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Magnets

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I bought these calavera magnets for the Day of the Dead. After the festivities, I almost removed them, but decided to play with them instead.

Now, whenever I need a break, I stand in front of the fridge and wonder if there's another way to arrange them.

I share this with you, because this is how I create my jewelry. I look at what I've just made, and ask: what else can I do with this? 
 

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Diego Rivera's Studio

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I took these pictures of Diego Rivera's home and studio a few years ago. It is one of my favorite buildings in Mexico City. The day I visited, the property had been recently renovated and looked particularly striking.

The two buildings were designed by Juan O'Gorman in the 1930's. The white and orange structure was Diego's, and the smaller blue house was Frida's. They lived and worked here for six years, after their three-year stay in the US. 

When Frida's father passed away, she returned to live in her childhood home, the now famous Blue House, in Coyoacán.

Diego painted most of his easel paintings in this studio, and he lived here until his death in 1957.

The property is now a museum. You can see pictures of what it looks like on the inside, on the museum's website.