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Fertile

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16 years ago I made my first piece of jewelry. It was a protective hand, or Hamsa, as it is known in the Middle East. I made it to bless and protect my creative path ahead.

I knew that the way of the artist is uncertain: you have to trust invisible ideas long enough to make them tangible.

There are no roadmaps: you must change course, or stay on the same path, in order to continue, and be guided only by intuition.

If you make a living from what you create, you have to create without thinking about selling (or you will stop free exploration), and then somehow sell what you’ve created.

It is a solitary path with few distractions from your inner world, which you must protect from distractions from the outer world.

Without knowing it then, I chose the perfect talisman. The one I made today, is in gratitude for all I’ve learnt along the way.

Fertile Talisman.
Handmade with prehnite and recycled sterling silver.

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Protection

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These are challenging times for those of us who feel life deeply. Social structures seem to be changing faster than ever, and safe places feel far and apart.

I made this protective eye a few weeks ago, as a talisman to ward off negative energy. But today, as I was feeling anxious about the future, it took on a deeper meaning: not to protect me from outer chaos, but to connect me to the vision that underneath every movement there is stillness, and under all the noise there is silence, and both offer a safe and constant space where we can exist.

Protective Eye Pendant.
Handmade to order with recycled sterling silver.

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Painting Sale: 60% off

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My painting sale starts tomorrow, Tuesday. All the paintings will be 60% off.

I’ve divided the paintings by size: the larger formats are available in my website’s Art Shop. Please enter the code ARTSALE at checkout to receive your discount. The smaller formats are available in my Etsy Shop, where the discount is applied automatically.

All prices are in US dollars, and 3-5 week Registered Post delivery is free. If you are in the US or Canada, you can also purchase express 2-8 day UPS shipping here, or in my Etsy Shop.

Thank you for considering my Art to adorn your home!

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3 Cats

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These three Kitty pendants will soon be available in my online shop. They are part of my new made to order collection.

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Kitty III

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“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
— Hippolyte Taine

Kitty III.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Made to order.

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Art Sale

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I am having a sale of all the paintings I made in the past few years. Most of them are made with acrylic on paper from vintage art books, and many helped me regain my joy for color and creative play.

I will offer the best discounts I can, because I’d love every one of them to find a home. I’ll announce the exact dates as soon as I can, as I have many paintings to list in my online shop.

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Kitty II

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“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
— Ellen Kelley Berkeley

Kitty II.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.
Made to order.

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Kitty I

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I am starting a collection of smaller, made-to-order pieces. This Kitty is the first.

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Merge

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“Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.”
— Henri Nouwen

Merged Necklace.
Handmade with lapis lazuli and recycled sterling silver.

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Concurrent

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“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to gaze at bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.”
— Naomi Shihab Nye

Concurrent Necklace.
Handmade with malachite and recycled sterling silver.

Holiday Prayer

Dear loved ones,

I am so grateful that you are here! I offer you my prayer for the Holidays:


May you be calm enough to notice beauty, and may it fill you with inspiration.

May you be at peace  mnn your mind and body, just as they are now.

May you speak up for yourself, be on your team, and be at ease with your decisions.

May you celebrate friends who appreciate and encourage you.

May you define what it means to you to live a good life, and savor the moments that create it at your own pace.

You are an important part of this world!

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Integrity

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“Cats, in particular, teach us to be ourselves, whatever the odds. A cat, except through force, will never do anything that goes against its nature. Nothing seduces it away from itself.”
— Alice Walker

Integrity Ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.

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Charisma

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“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
— Mark Twain

Charismatic Ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.

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Precious

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“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.”
— Garrison Keillor

Precious Ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.

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Purr

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“Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.”
— Monica Edwards

Purr Ring.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.

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Alligator

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Find an online photograph of an alligator and look at it closely.

Now take a deep breath, exhale slowly, and consider this: you and this creature live on the same planet at this very moment in history.

Alligator Pendant.
Handmade with amethyst and recycled sterling silver.

Cats

There was a space next to my bedroom mirror that needed art. I did not want another square or rectangular painting, since there are already several in my apartment, instead I wanted something sculptural and organic that did not protrude too much from the wall.

The result is a family of cats I made using self-drying clay and acrylic paint. I now sleep in good company.

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Radiant

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“Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past”
— Nikolai Gogol

Radiant Pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.

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Kiss

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“The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.”
— William S. Burroughs

Kiss Pendant.
Handmade with recycled sterling silver.