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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
What most inspires me about Mexico City is the architecture. When I walk the streets I feel as if I travel through time, as houses from multiple eras line each block. There are hardly any building codes to limit style, so the colors, textures, heights and shapes are endless.
Some constructions are finished, but others forever await the extra income needed to complete them. I find that this eclectic work-in-progress is the perfect expression of life itself, and as an artist I could not imagine a more stimulating landscape.
Constructed Totem.
Handmade with carnelian and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop.
I recently had the pleasure to read the interview Elizabeth Gilbert gave Tom Waits for GQ Magazine.
In my favorite part, Tom Waits talks about how his children have enriched his creative process, and recalls a time when his daughter helped him write a song.
"We were on a bus coming to L.A. and it was really cold outside. There was this transgender person –to be politically correct– standing on a corner wearing a short little top with a lot of midriff showing, a lot of heavy eye makeup and dyed hair, and a really short skirt. And this guy, or girl, was dancing all by himself. And my little girl saw it and said, "It must be really hard to dance like that when you're so cold and there's no music."
Origami Totem.
Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
“Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.
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Spyglass Totem.
Handmade with kyanite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Available in my online shop.
I built my first blogging website in December, 2013. For the next few years, I wrote several blog posts each week, sharing my work and vision as it developed, through my travels, creative challenges and lessons learned.
These posts have accumulated into years of ideas, far too many to import into the website you are viewing now. If you would like to read them, please click on the link below.
