Tot sobre rovellons.

 

Welcome to the woods!

Yesterday was an interesting day…

One time I was making small mushrooms for a ring and my teacher and I started a to talk about them, he told me about going to the woods once a year to pick a variety of them, how seriously people take this and I asked a million questions, little did I know two years later I would be doing it myself.

The most important thing is to go with someone that knows where to find them, location and the right spots and which  are the ones you can eat and which are poisonous, I was lucky to go with three men who had 50 years of doing this

They gave me a special knife, because they have to be removed from the stem, if you just pull them they won’t grow next year.

 

 

And a whistle, there were 6 of us in groups of two, so one blow meant we were around, two blows meant you were lost

They gave me a basket and then they left before I could ask anything else, in a blink they turned into little children right before my eyes and just left with their basketsl

I was faced with this:

Basket in hand just knowing I was to search on damp places.

I can’t describe the joy..

But I can show you.

  

 

So many different kinds, so many details, I found  many hidden under rosemary bushes.

The minute you moved them around to pick the rovellon between the damp smell of the earth and rosemary it was impossible not to smile, what a pure smell.

The whole place was the perfect scenario for a fairytale

 

 

We were there from 9am to 2pm having a little break in the woods for lunch under the mist and we showed each other what we had found

Here is a different variety of the ones we can eat.

Here is what I found.

 

It was such a lovely experience, specially since the people I went with knew so many stories of the place, they told me many recipes, how to clean them and store them even how to conserve them.

I agreed to come next year.

These are the moments I cherish.

Memories of tiny feet.

I got a request this last week of making a pair of cufflinks for a dad’s birthday gift, inspired in their 1 month old baby.

After several sketches, going through initials, silhouettes, shapes, some designs I had already made etc…

I suggested we could use his little foot, ..

And so it began:

First she sent me a photo and with the help of photoshop I did some arrangements to get it to a proper size to fit one of the cufflinks:

I printed a couple, and my bench was filled with adorable chubby little feet

Time to cut away with a jeweler’s saw.

She decided on a triangular shape and to have his initials engraved, I didn’t take photos of the rest of the process, because I was too busy finishing  them

Here is the result!

They are sober enough to be worn to work, but works as the sweetest reminder.

These are exactly the kind of custom orders I like to make, something to hold a memory, this time of how sweet and miraculous a new life is.

The end of May.

May was such a busy month, and  hopefully June will be just as packed.

Here is some of the work I have been doing these last 2 weeks:

A couple more of wave rings.

Mehndi:

 

 

This was a complete set but I didn’t have time to take photos of the earrings just the ring and bracelet.. still I like them very much  because I tend to make curvy rounded lines all the time but  I think these look very modern and elegant, hope to find the time to make some for the shop:

 

 

The minute I finish this post  I have to finish a bridal set, and I will make a couple more of these rings to list in the shop later in the week.

Enjoy Juneeeee!

Little Corners.

    

 

I’ve spent my afternoons with this lady.

She is a hand carved shell cameo and has been with Don Juan for about 35 years, passed on to me and will be listed in my shop when it opens,

waiting for someone who wears a size 8.

14k gold details all over the frame, and on the sides little signity cubic zircons..

 

 

 

Isn’t she pretty?

I should be making some presents but I couldn’t wait to share her and wish you a beauuuutiful Christmas!

Sending hugs your way..

Nat.

Running away..

 

These last few weeks I’ve had a need of running away from everything, yes, everything.. even jewelry, that’s why things have been quiet around the blog,shop,facebook.etc..

I am quite stubborn, and usually when things don’t go as planned, I am embarrassed to admit, I feel annoyed, like crying, like not doing anything, and whine,Oh! yes I whine… but then after I am done letting it all out, I come back to my senses,think of the good things and start planning again, thinking what could I do for my business, for time to go by faster…

Why am I sad? Right now I was meant to be in Spain, H and I have worked so hard,but there is still so much to do, so we can have everything we need over there, going to Guatemala was hard, but moving to another continent, uff is proving to be a whole other deal..we need to wait a little longer.

The future will be wonderful and is almost here, but sometimes there is a bit of desperation when something you want is so close, yet so far.

I have been taking some time for myself..

There was a quick visit to the farm, which was particularly beautiful this time of year..

Let me give you a tour of the garden.

It’s been raining a lot in the city, there was a tropical storm.. over here 6hours away, it was sunny with very little rain, just enough to make everything bloom..

 

We call these “Mamon chino” in Costa Rica, but found out is called a Wild Rambutan in english, anyways right now they are everyyyywhere and I could eat a thousand of them…

 

The colors are so beautiful, funny how I can wander in this place for so long, looking at all the flowers,

 

at all the leafs..

 

And always find something new..

Don’t these look like the stripes where drawn on them?

Grapefruit!

 

 

This tree has dozens of pink bells..

 

 

Little corners..

Walking on moist grass, the smell of earth, the hugs of my brothers, smiles,

and my grandma making tortillas of course.

When I feel like running away, I run away to my home, more than enough to give me that much needed boost..

Hopefully tomorrow I will have some jewelry to show, this blog needs it

Buenas Noches!

A day like today

 

 

 

But many years ago, was my first birthday and to be honest I haven’t changed a bit..

Sunday Morning.

I live for these pastries, where I live there is not much around, but about 20mins later down the hill  there are all these commercial centers, which I normally ignore and must walk by every morning to get to the workshop, until one day  I found a Persian Bakery, since then I go past there whenever I can, and always try something new, the flavors are to die for..

This is a photo of this morning where I live, here you can see where I usually sit down and eat,read or list from, and Luna coming over to see what I’m doing.

 

Have a nice Sunday! today I have a french movie that I’ve been trying to watch since Thursday called “Cache” with Juliette Binoche, supposed to be a really good and I will list here and there some new items in the shop..taking it easy have a long week ahead of me..

-Nat

Earthlike.

Today I wanted to post photos of the ring I made this week.

It’s a Geode… a lovely little rock formation with tiny crystals inside.. encased in a little “Basket” I made for it.. these are mostly set with prongs..

I read the other day reading about stones as I do when I have time which is verrrrrrrrrry randomly,or sometimes during lunch, that the he word “geode” is derived from Latin meaning “earthlike”,which makes complete sense.

With this one everyone sees the profile of a man.. can you see it?

The ring was made for a fellow jeweler,which work I like very much, she has a style of her own and if you find one of her pieces, or see a photo, you know it’s hers, is very flattering to me to have orders like this, I also get a little nervous, wondering if she will like it..

Here is in her hands…

And she loved it! and asked for the matching pendant,which will feature the same little dots, making it sometime next week…

De prisa, de prisa rumbo perdido..

 

Back to work… finally!