I will add the five Totem necklaces to my online shop this Monday, between 1 and 2 pm, Mexico City time.
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Jaguar
“There is a fierce concentration inside of you; dormant — it is in your blood. It is the strength of your ancestors. It is the hammer and anvil of eons which struck the hardened steel of your spirit into a weapon of survival. ”
Jaguar Totem.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
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Freedom
I once experienced real freedom. It came after many hours of meditation. I was no longer me, no longer the fragments of memory that make up my history. Not a child, nor a daughter, not a sister or an artist. I was not this body or these feelings. I was just space. Empty space. Terrifying and liberating space.
Freedom Totem.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Beluga
From the deepest waters.
Beluga Totem.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Integrity
Follow what feels true to you.
Integrity Totem.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Eagle Totem
I brought this one back from my dreams.
Eagle Totem.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Light Earrings
I will add the Light Earrings to my shop this Monday, between 1 and 2 pm, Mexico City time. Please sign up here if you want me to notify you as soon as they are available. Each piece is one of a kind.
Crimson light
“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ”
Crimson Light earrings.
Handmade with garnet and recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
Sunlight
I usually take pictures of myself modeling my jewelry on our first floor balcony, which faces a busy street. The best light is between 2 to 4 pm, which coincides with lunch time, and allows many people to closely observe the woman on the balcony taking pictures of herself. If I appear serious in my photographs, it's because I am ignoring cat calls and stares as I try my best to look natural and relaxed.
This week, my neighbor was on vacation, so I was able to calmly take pictures in the bright, quiet courtyard at the entrance to her apartment. Oh the joy of privacy!
Sunlight earrings.
Handmade with carnelian and recycled sterling silver.
Fresh Light
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
Fresh Light earrings.
Handmade with chrysoprase and recycled sterling silver.
Violet Light
When a line becomes a circle.
Violet Light earrings.
Handmade with iolite and recycled sterling silver.
Golden Light
This week's challenge: large, luminous, lightweight earrings.
Golden Light earrings.
Handmade with Chiapas amber and recycled sterling silver.
Banged Up
“I want a black thick banged up ring.
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I hope I got this right.
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7 Years of Jewelry
I created my first jewelry collection seven years ago this month. Since then, I have designed and hand-built over 1,500 one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces.
I still consider myself a beginner.
These are some of my favorite pieces from the past seven years.
Most of them have sold, and I do not repeat them.
You can see what is available in my online shop.
Recycled Silver
Before I began to work as a jeweler, I was hired as a translator for a group of Canadian filmmakers who wanted to document the ravages caused by current mining practices in Mexico.
The film crew and I visited a large Canadian-run mine in a colonial town called Cerro de San Pedro, in the state of San Luis Potosí. The San Pedro mountain was originally a sacred site for the local indigenous population, but it was transformed into a mining town when the Spaniards discovered gold and silver in the16th century. For the next 100 years, the metal ore was extracted from underground tunnels using handheld mining tools.
Today, the fine metal ore in the underground mines is scarce, and can only be extracted using a modern system called “open pit mining.” This method uses thousands of gallons of water mixed with cyanide to extract metal from huge mountains of previously crushed underground rock, a practice that is highly toxic for the environment.
When I returned from the visit, I had already decided to become a silversmith, so I knew I had to find a way to do it without further harming the planet. I eventually found a local source that supplied sterling silver recycled from x-rays and photographic processes. This is the silver that I use to make my jewelry.
Shop Update
The Double Stone rings are now available in my online shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for, it means it has already sold.
Double Stone Series
I will add the Double Stone ring series to my online shop tomorrow, Monday, between 1 and 2 pm, Mexico City time.
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Every ring is one of a kind and I can cut it to fit any size between 6 and 9.5. If you need help calculating your ring size, please follow these instructions.
Echo
She cut and filed. Then layered, soldered and set. Her work had a ripple effect.
Echo ring.
Handmade with blue chalcedony and 100% recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
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Shadow
In most of my dreams I learn this: befriend your darkness.
Shadow ring.
Handmade with star diopside and 100% recycled sterling silver.
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Reverence
Art is my religion.
Reverence ring.
Handmade with natural turquoise and 100% recycled sterling silver.
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