Moon Talismans.
Handmade with transparent quartz, Orthocera fossil, 
​and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.  

The Cacti series is now in my online shop.

I began this week thinking about verbs, then clouds and terraced landscapes. Now that I’ve finished this ring series, I realize that what I was actually seeing in my mind were cacti.

I was taking a walk through an imaginary botanical garden, looking closely at every specimen, observing its structure and feeling its texture.

​Sometimes I need perspective to understand what I am doing.

Cacti ring.
Handmade with chalcedony and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

I will post this week's rings to my online shop tomorrow –Saturday– at mid morning (Mexico City time). Sign up here if you want me to notify you by email as soon as I do.

When I make a piece that is succesful, I am always tempted to repeat it. But I have worked at my craft long enough to know that if I do, I’d fall into the formula trap. This trap ruins most art because it squeezes the life out of it. 

I know that there is no way to create something fresh and interesting unless I let go of all expectations and begin again. I must approach each creative exercise with the innocence and freedom of a child, who is happy to engage in the process, just to see what she discovers.

Terraced ring.
​Handmade with green agate and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

Fullness ring.
​Handmade with calcedony and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

Abhaya is in the next room playing his guitar and singing Rabo de Nube, by Silvio Rodriguez. His version is better than any I've heard before, and I wish I could share it with you. If he ever records it, I will be sure to do so.

In the meantime, I've translated the lyrics. The images in the song remind me of the ring I made today.

Tail Cloud

If I were asked to make a wish,
I’d prefer a tail cloud,
a whirlwind on the ground
and a rising anger.
A sweeper of sorrows,
a downpour in revenge
that when it stops
resembles our hope.

A sweeper of sorrows,
a downpour in revenge
that when it stops
resembles our hope.

Tail Cloud ring.
Handmade with green agate and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

I just finished reading Twyla Tharp's, The Creative Habit, an insightful book on how to form habits that nurture creativity and keep you inspired. 

The book offers simple exercises to generate new ideas using promts. My favorite is called, "Do a Verb." You begin by making a list of ten verbs, and then use one of them to create something.

Twyla uses verbs to choreograph a dance, but you can use them to paint a picture, design a house, or compose music. I used mine to design a ring. 

Twirl ring.
Handmade with chalcedony and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

Good morning! I just posted the Plumed Series to my online shop. 

In the family portrait that I have been making this week, the last one to arrive is the youngest. She is both the flower and the seed. She brings possibility and new direction to the group.

Pod ring.
​Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

Creating a series is a like imagining a family portrait. Each piece has to share characteristics with rest of the group, but must be different enough to make it interesting on its own.

Roots pendant.
​Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

Labradorite is such a luminous stone that it sparks my imagination.

Luminous pendant.
​Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

When I make my second piece of the week, I always carefully observe the first. I want them to have a common thread: it could be the stone (as it was in the Moonstone series), or it could be a theme (as were branches –or connected lines– in last week’s tourmaline quartz series). 

If I want to explore several un-related ideas, then the stone will be the shared element. When an idea is rich enough to be developed in several pieces, I will choose that instead.

The pieces I have made so far, have densely chiseled backgrounds that contrast with smooth, raised triangles. Their reptilian quality reminds me of Quetzalcóatl, the feathered serpent deity worshiped in ancient Mexico

Plumed ring.
​Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.

Today's piece, is the result of a wrestling match between metal, and will power.

Wielded pendant.
Handmade with labradorite and 100% recycled sterling silver.
​Soon in my online shop.

The Tourmaline Quartz series is now in my online shop.