Lookbook

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Base

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I am recovering. Finding my way back to myself. To my power, to my sense of inner freedom. It is time to rest, walk, create, write and trust. To feel my way through this. There is nothing out there that needs to happen. This moment is about feeling my way inside. 

I am getting used to my inner vision, to new eyes that see who I really am. I take baby steps as I grow within. Old memories fall into place; I digest, sort out and process. Shedding my old skin takes time. I am gentle with myself as I grow and stretch. It is a time for gestation. I hold the space for this to happen.

Base Ring.
Handmade with chalcedony and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop. 

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Chamber

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I find there must some madness, a kind of blind trust in the unseen in order to create. An openness to let an idea happen, no matter where it leads. Sometimes the result is familiar, often it comes from a foreign land. 

The intention is to explore. To fish for symbols that mean different things to different people. To carve a cave wall with images from an inner world, those seen with the heart. 

Chamber Ring.
Handmade with moonstone and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Portal

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Eyes that become seeds, that become portals.

Portal Ring.
Handmade with carnelian and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Strata

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I see all the layers of who I am.

Strata Ring.
Handmade with jade and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Midwife

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Open to receive the world with open arms.

Midwife Ring.
Handmade with chrysocolla and recycled sterling silver.
Next week in my online shop.

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Lighthouse

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Darkness showed me the way back home.

Lighthouse Ring.
Handmade with black star diopside and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Embodied

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The day came when she realized her own beauty.

Embodied Ring.
Handmade with amethyst and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Compass

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One of the wisest and most challenging lessons I’ve learnt, is that I can trust my body. It knows when I like something or when I am repelled by it. It tells me who to trust, when to open up, and when it’s time to say goodbye. The guidance I sought in others, was inside all along. 

Compass Ring.
Handmade with labradorite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Insight ring

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“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
— Carl Jung

Insight Ring.
Handmade with transparent quartz and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Hypnotic

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“I close my eyes to see”
— Paul Gauguin

Hypnotic Ring.
Handmade with kyanite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Enchanted

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“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”
— Maya Angelou

Enchanted ring.
Handmade with fluorite and recycled sterling silver.

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Spirited

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In this new year of life, I decided that I am ready to trust myself. I will let my curiosity guide me, and use my feelings as a compass to discover who I am today.

I’d stopped paying attention to the wisdom of my body to avoid feeling parts of myself I didn’t trust: my despair, madness, anger and exhaustion, but the inner work I’ve done in the past few years, has taught me that these are my greatest teachers. 

I have also learnt that my main job as an artist is to cultivate the inner space where ideas are born. Mental rigidity limits my imagination, while sensory receptivity expands it. My creative dedication comes from the delight I get from exploring new ideas. 

So far this week, I began to learn the art of drinking and brewing coffee (from @jimseven); I read two children’s books that I’d always wanted to read: Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island; I began to research how to make my own t-shirt designs; and best of all: I felt joy honoring the unique expression of my spirit.

Spirited ring.
Handmade with fluorite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop. 

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Reflection

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“I am another you. You are another me.”
— Mayan greeting

Reflection ring.
Handmade with fluorite and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Key

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In the end, I think that we are all here to crack each others hearts wide open.

Key pendant.
Handmade with amethyst and recycled sterling silver.
This Monday in my online shop.

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Eureka

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Lemons. Sea breeze on bare shoulders. My father, cousin Alex, Vanessa and I, rollerskating down California streets at night. The scent of flowers, hot pavement, a star filled sky. Summers that live in my mind.

Our small family, usually cold and bundled up in our house in the forest, now bare and free. A rare chance to enjoy dad on vacation. Later, macaroni and cheese for dinner, black licorice for dessert. 

Eureka ring.
Handmade with lemon quartz and recycled sterling silver.
This week in my online shop.

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Submerged

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The simple things are not the easiest. To allow what is. To let go of what is not. It takes skill to be at ease with each moment. 

Submerged ring.
Handmade with fluorite and recycled sterling silver.
This week in my online shop.

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Sovereign

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I was born into a life of beauty. I lived in homes designed by my father, colored by my mother's yarns, surrounded by lush forest and jungle. Animals, insects and blue sky; rounded corners, orange tiles and wooden walls soaked my heart with beauty. 

Now the city surrounds me, and it is the beauty of art, music and poetry that connects me with the awe of existence.

Sovereign ring.
Handmade with fluorite and recycled sterling silver.
Next week in my online shop. 

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Origin

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15 years ago, I tattooed a symbol on my left arm to remind myself to live with an open heart; to not allow the experiences of life toughen me, but instead make me gentle with myself and others. This is a big challenge, since I grew up feeling that it was painful to depend on others, to love and let them love me.

Today, I am one of the toughest people I know, which always made me proud, like I’d succeeded as a human being. But now I wonder if maybe I didn’t succeed at all, I just survived. Perhaps the essence of me is still a seed that wants to become a flower, and what it needs is love, light and tenderness.

Origin ring.
Handmade with lapis lazuli and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Complex

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For most of my life, I have feared certain aspects of my personality. I thought that if I kept them hidden from myself, they would not take over, because deep down I believed these traits were who I really was. 

Lately, as I am more at ease with myself, I’ve discovered that:

1.   These traits do not make me a terrible person, they make me part of human kind.

2.   I am happier and more humble now I know that I am no better or worse than anyone else.

3.   There is no single aspect that defines me. I am a mix of contradictory emotions that come and go.

4.   Life is so much richer when I understand how complex and undefinable I am.

Complex Ring.
Handmade with labradorite moonstone and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

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Balance

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I perceive two contrary forces within me: the most evident, are the stories I tell myself and others about who I am and why I do the things I do. 

The other (more hidden), is my internal struggle with power, and how I manage to satisfy my needs. To be at ease with myself and feel complete, I need to accept that both are part of who I am.

Balance ring.
Handmade with lapis lazuli and recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.