You can now find the Leaf Series pendants in my online shop. If you don't see the piece you are looking for, it means it has already sold.
Leaf Series
Leaf Series: a week's worth of love.
Four one of a kind pendants.
Handmade with natural gemstones and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop this Monday, between 1-2 pm, Mexico City time.
Pacific
My mother grew up in California. When she was thirty, she met my father and moved to Mexico City to start a family. Every Summer during childhood, we would return to Newport Beach to visit relatives. I will always remember our sunset strolls on smooth sidewalks, where we gazed in awe at landscaped gardens, embraced by the warm, salty air.
Pacific pendant.
Handmade with pink quartz and 100% recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.
Aligned
What do I want?
Whenever I run out of steam, feel discouraged, or lost, I take time to ponder this question. When I do, I usually discover that I am trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, doing something that no longer interests me, or just need time alone.
This question has guided my creative path from the start. It defined the materials I use, and the kind of pieces I create; as well as where and how I sell them. It also determines how much I charge for what I make, and the kind of customer I attract.
When I ask this question, I re-connect with the dreams and ideas I feel most passionate about. Once I am focused, I can get back on my path charged with new energy.
Aligned necklace.
Handmade with amethyst and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Fortitude
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Fortitude necklace.
Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Life
I will allow the river of life to guide me. I will not make desperate attempts to stop change. To stop death. I will flow with ease, with joy.
I will look around and appreciate each moment as it passes, lush, green, abundant, alive! I will let go and be free. I will be present while it lasts.
Life necklace.
Handmade with prehenite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Shop Update
I just added the Landscape Series to my online shop.
If you no longer see the piece you are looking for, it means it has already sold.
Landscape Series
The Landscape Series will be available in my online shop tomorrow, between 1 and 2 pm, Mexico City time.
Sign up here if you want to be notified the minute I add this collection to my shop. Each piece is one of a kind.
Sonnet
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
Sonnet ring.
Handmade with spectrolite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop on Monday.
Sign up here if you want to be notified the minute I add it to my shop.
Birthday
Today I turn 43, and I am so happy to be here!
Unreal
“The unreal is more powerful than the real...it’s only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That’s the only lasting thing you can create.”
Unreal ring.
Handmade with spectrolite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Potential
I used to think I was here for a reason. I believed there was a plan. But now I just think that it’s up to me to make something with my time. It’s also up to me to find meaning in what I do, and to tell myself stories that uplift me.
I read somewhere that, in the end, our lives always stand for something. I hope mine stands for possibility.
Potential ring.
Handmade with 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Landscape
I try to find beauty in balance, in spaciousness, in the relationships that exist between objects. I try to show how simplicity can be abundant.
Landscape necklace
Handmade with 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Recollection
Many of the jewelry pieces I design come from memories or unclear visions.
I vaguely recall a ring my mother often wore when I was little, but I can’t remember its exact shape, only that it was long and rectangular and looked fit for royalty.
I discover the image of a beautiful bracelet in a book on African art, only to look closely and realize it is the roof of a circular hut.
I am fascinated by a necklace worn by a woman walking towards me on the street, and when she approaches I realize it was the reflection of the sun on her blouse.
Recollection ring.
Handmade with 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Fresh Start
Welcome to my new website!
I built my previous site two years ago using Weebly, a simple site builder that was perfect for my needs at the time.
I decided to switch to Squarespace because I can change my template and move my website wherever and whenever I want without loosing my content. I thought I would be finished in a week, but I had to learn how to use this platform and manually migrate all of my content from my previous site, so here I am three weeks later.
I've created a much more visual experience so that you can easily explore previous blog posts, see where I live and work, and learn about my creative process. It has been a pleasure and a challenge to build this site. I hope you enjoy it!
Growth
I was recently asked to what I attribute the growth of my business.
I think I was fortunate from the start. I have loving and encouraging parents who are artists and self-starters. They taught me to follow my own path, to be organized and disciplined, and to treat others with respect. They created a harmonious home and provided me with an excellent bi-cultural education.
I was also lucky to be born in one of the most culturally rich countries in the world. Mexico feeds my imagination in many ways, from the diversity of its architecture, to its variety of culinary and artistic traditions, to the joyfulness of its people. This is a country that improvises. You do what you can with what you have, and in that process you become creative.
Throughout my life I’ve had teachers who inspired me to study the history of art and the work of other artists. I did so in college, and afterwards in museums and galleries across the world. Now that I am more sedentary, I continue my education through art books. This has broadened my vision and has made me want to be part of the ongoing conversation.
My impulse to create comes from a deep need for personal expression rather than as a way to make money. I only make pieces that stir my imagination. This keeps me away from trends and gives my work an emotional connection.
As an artist, I’ve had to believe in myself in order to do what I love and share my work with others. I am perseverant and experiment constantly. I learn and grow from everything I do: when I draw, construct a piece of jewelry, style, model, take pictures, build a website, write blog posts, and interact with those of you who appreciate my work.
I have been blessed to meet generous and kind people who supported my work from the start, and continue to do so today. I cherish these relationships and hold them close to my heart.
My Jewelry Box
When I began to make jewelry six years ago, I rarely liked what was available, and the pieces I did appreciate were beyond my budget. As a creative self starter, the obvious solution was to make my own designs.
After experimenting for a year, I began to develop a distinctive voice as a jeweler, and decided to try to make a living selling my work. From the start I used sterling silver –which is expensive– so I rarely kept anything I made. As soon as I sold a piece, I turned around and bought enough silver to make the next. In this way, I grew my business, and eventually made enough money to make jewelry that I could keep.
When I decided to make a cast collection and replicate my best pieces, I had to keep the original in sterling silver in case the rubber mold was ever damaged. And so, my personal jewelry collection kept growing.
Now, I rarely leave my house unadorned. I feel protected and powerful when I wear my jewelry. Every piece in my collection has polished with time, and like old tools that are given good use, they become more beautiful with wear.
People ask me if I find it hard to let go of my work. If I knew that the piece I just made would be my last, I would certainly keep it. But I hope to live a long and productive life, and the pleasure I get from creating my work is greater than the one I obtain from wearing it. I also confess that every now and then I can't resist making myself something I love.
Totem Series
The Totem necklaces are now available in my online shop. If you no longer see them there, it means they have sold.
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Completion
I like finishing a series. After several days of focused work, it is the first chance I get to step back and take a careful look at what I made.
I can see how one idea led to the next, what pieces move me more than others, and what changes I would make in the future. I am always left with more ideas than when I began.
Completion Totem.
Handmade with amethyst and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop.
Embrace
There is a large construction going on in the building next door, and for the past few months we have been awakened by loud bangs against our wall, which continue throughout the day.
Instead of suffering, I decided to apply what I learnt from Vipassana meditation and accept things as they are. Now I join the sounds of demolition as I happily forge away, grateful to no longer be the only one that makes noise in this place.
Embraced Totem.
Handmade with amber and recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop.