“Let your darkness through
It’s your beauty too”
Portrait of a Court Jester (Velázquez Series).
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Etsy Design Awards
“No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances.”
I created this necklace as my entry for the 2019 Etsy Design Awards.
The Undercurrent pendant will live in my Etsy shop until the contest is over in September. Please do not purchase it, or I will be disqualified. Thank you!
Good luck to all of the participating Etsy sellers!
Water
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.
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Shop Update: Planet Earth Series
I’ve just added the Planet Earth Series to my Etsy shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for it’s because it has already sold.
If you purchase a ring, please let me know your size and I will cut it to fit you. If you are unsure of your size, here’s help.
Planet Earth Series
I will add the Planet Earth Series to my online shop tomorrow, Wednesday at 1 pm (CST).
I can cut these rings to fit any size between 5 and 10.5. If you need help finding your measurement, here are simple instructions.
Planet Earth Ring V
“Those who do not travel,
who do not read, who do not listen to music,
who do not find grace in themselves
die slowly.”
Planet Earth Ring V.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
This Wednesday at 1 pm (CST) in my online shop.
Planet Earth Necklace III
“Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.”
Planet Earth Necklace III.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Next week in my online shop.
Forging Stool
When I tell people that I am a jeweler, they say: oh, you design jewelry. No, I reply, I am like a small-scale blacksmith.
Planet Earth Ring IV
“Of asphodel, that greeny flower,
like a buttercup
upon its branching stem-
save that it’s green and wooden-
I come, my sweet,
to sing to you.”
Planet Earth Ring IV.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
So Moved!
Many years ago, when I was a hippie, I went with a couple of friends to the main square in Coyoacán. We had no money and were hungry. One friend had a guitar and started to sing, hoping someone would give him a coin. I decided to get paper and pens and make a few drawings. Perhaps they will sell! Soon after, a young woman came by and asked, can you draw Cristopher Columbus? I need it for school. I did, and with the money she paid we ate the best breakfast I have ever had.
I feel just as excited and grateful from your support during this week’s painting sale. Thank you for encouraging this new creative path! I am moved beyond words to imagine my paintings adorning your home.
Planet Earth Necklace II
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don’t try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.”
Planet Earth Necklace II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
Muna
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”
Planet Earth Ring III
“I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.”
Planet Earth Ring III.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
New Paintings in my Etsy Shop
Atlantic Ocean
“The way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart.”
I will add this, and other paintings from the Atlas and Velázquez Series to my online shop tomorrow, Tuesday, at 1 pm CST.
Atlantic Ocean (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Planet Earth Ring II
“The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.”
Planet Earth Ring II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
Brussels
“Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.”
Brussels (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Planet Earth Necklace
Everything here must be loved. Every one of us, and every part of us. When all is integrated by love, we heal.
Planet Earth Necklace.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
Planet Earth
“She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.”
Planet Earth ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver and natural turquoise.
Soon in my online shop.
South Pole
I was the snake in the Garden of Eden.
South Pole (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).