Live life from your heart.
Purple Flame ring.
Handmade with amethyst and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Silk and felted wool top handmade by my talented mother.
Blue Flame
May the fire of your spirit guide you through.
Blue Flame ring.
Handmade with kyanite and sterling silver recycled from photographic processes.
Soon in my online shop.
Handmade silk and felted wool top by my talented mother.
Kernels
Sometimes I can only show up in little bits. The rest of me has to process life, change, and the emotions that come with it.
Shop Update: Leaf Seed Necklaces
I just added the Leaf Seed series to my online shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for, it's because it has already sold.
Leaf Seed Series
I will add the Leaf Seed necklaces to my online shop tomorrow, Wednesday, between 1 and 2 pm, CST.
Every piece is one of a kind and I do not repeat it. Please sign up here if you want me to notify you by email the minute they are available.
Seed
When leaves turn into seeds.
Blue Seed necklace.
Handmade with chalcedony and recycled sterling silver.
This Wednesday in my online shop.
Step by Step
Creating a body of work is like living life on your own terms. You don't know what the next piece will look like, but you know that it will spring from the one you make now.
Source necklace.
Handmade with aventurine and recycled sterling silver.
Next week in my online shop.
Undulated
Take the bumpy road. It won't be comfortable, but it's way more interesting.
Undulated Leaf necklace.
Handmade with rose quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Rain
Rainy days are back in Mexico City. Colors become more saturated, streets become rivers, we breathe fresh air. My home feels cozier than ever.
Rain Drop necklace.
Handmade with tourmaline quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Silkscreen Love
I just picked up my new business cards from Imprenta Yzta, a family owned business has been around for 45 years. Their customer service is wonderful, and I love the handmade quality of their silkscreened cards.
If you are in Mexico City, you can find them at Felix Parra 80, Col. San José Insurgentes. Their number is 5598-5008.
Sprout
We are here to do much more than those who came before us.
Sprout necklace.
Handmade with rutilated quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Shop Update: Wind Chimes and Primal Leaves
I've just added the Wind Chime and Primal Leaf necklaces to my online shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for, it's because it has already sold.
Wind Chime Series
I will add the Wind Chime Series to my online shop, this Monday, between 1 and 2 pm, CST.
Have a beautiful weekend!
Primal Leaf II
If I could give my younger self a single piece of advice, I'd say: do things your way. Your life will be unique and extraordinary, and it will be the best gift you can give to the world.
Primal Leaf necklace II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
Primal Leaf
Remember why you created something for the first time: to let yourself be guided by the mysterious energy of curiosity, to be in awe of every discovery, to see what you are capable of, and to expand your horizon of possibilities.
You create for the joy of it.
Primal Leaf necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Third Wind Chime
“We don’t want to live a frivolous life, we don’t want to live a superficial life. We want to be serious with each other, with our friends, with our work. That doesn’t necessarily mean gloomy or grim, but seriousness... is something that we are deeply hungry for, to take ourselves seriously and to be able to enjoy the nourishment of seriousness, that gravity, that weight.”
Wind Chime necklace III.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Second Wind Chime
Take note of everything you see. Eventually it will end up in your work.
Wind Chime necklace II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Wind Chime
In this week's series, I will continue to explore chiseled textures, now inspired by one of my favorite pieces I've made: the Four Seasons lariat necklace.
I love its movement and the beautiful sound it creates when I wear it.
Wind Chime necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
A New Path
I have just completed my first painting commission.
I've wanted to paint for as long as I can remember. In fact, I wanted it so much, that I denied myself the pleasure of following that path. I was so afraid to fail or succeed, that I decided I would never be good enough, so why even try. Making jewelry felt less daunting so I chose to explore that instead.
Lately, however, I’ve been wanting to work in a larger format. Such is the power of my mind, that the moment I admitted this to myself, I received a commission to make a big painting. My angel patron liked the one in my home, but gave me full liberty to create what I wanted. She also gave me a video tour of her house, so I could see where the painting was going to live.
Years ago, when I was in college, I had to decide a theme for my thesis. I majored in ceramic sculpture, and in order to graduate, I had to show a large body of work in the campus art gallery. I planned to make variations of abstracted heads I had worked on in the past, but my sculpture teacher suggested I experiment, since that was why I was in college in the first place.
One evening, I started to doodle. As my hand held the pen, I felt it move it across the page as if by its own volition. Specific shapes started to appear, none of which I had made before. I allowed this to continue, and several hours later, my notebook was filled with geometric symbols. I was in awe of this process, because for the first time I felt that these shapes had not come from my rational mind, nor had I seen them in books, they had come from deep within my imagination. As I later made them into clay sculptures for my exhibit, I felt that one day they would also appear in another medium.
By the time I turned 40, I had stopped making sculptures and was a full time jeweler. I loved my work, and would have never tried a different medium, had it not been for an large antique frame that I purchased for a mirror in my jewelry store. The frame had not fit the shop, so for months, it leaned against our living room bookshelf, and was always in our way. One day, my partner said, why don’t you hang it on the wall and make a painting? I agreed, because the frame alone would have looked sad, and I wanted to keep it.
As I sketched ideas, the symbols from college re-appeared. I quickly painted them on the wall, exited to see what they would look like in a large format. When I looked at the finished mural, I was in awe of how simple, yet powerful it was. Each symbol seemed to have multiple meanings, and the more I observed it, the more centered I felt. I knew that this was the door to my path as a painter.
The next day, my inner critics attacked with full force and I believed every word they said: you are not good enough, who will ever want this?, you will never be part of the art world, men are artists, not women, etc, etc. Discouraged, I soon stopped painting and continued to make jewelry.
To end a long story, I want to say that today, at the age of 44, I re-open the door to my path as a painter. I now believe that we are meant to do what we imagine and desire in our hearts. If we no longer pay attention to the excuses that stop us from doing what we love, we can open our minds to the possibilities that will allow it to happen.
Topography Series
Landscapes created with tiny chisels.
The Topography series will be available in my online shop tomorrow, Thursday, between 3 and 4 pm, CST.
Sign up here if you'd like me to email you the minute the earrings are in my shop.
Each pair is one of a kind.
