A Grain of Sand

“To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.”  -William Blake, Auguries of Innocence.

Last year I made myself a tiny, little, lovely ring. Just a simple little thing in 14k rose gold featuring a tiny ball on the top. I completely fell in love with it and I've been wearing it almost every day ever since. For lack of time I didn't make any more nor did I photograph it to list it on my Etsy shop but when craft show season arrived in December, I made many of them to see how my local customers liked it. It was a HUGE success and I couldn't be happier. I still receive emails from customers that saw it back in December that want to get one.

Well, great news: I made more at last and what's best now they are listed on my Etsy shop! I feel like this ring represents things I like a lot: Rocks, pebbles, nature (I'm discontinuing my pebble ring in favor of this more delicate, beautiful design). Plus, since I've been wearing it, I discover I was bestowing certain significance to it: there is a saying in Mexico that says "cada quien pone su granito de arena" whose literal meaning is "everybody puts their grain of sand". This is a positive phrase and it's used to say that everybody can contribute even with the smallest of things to make something better. I think is a lovely phrase, my mum say it a lot, so now that I wear this ring almost daily I remind myself of that. And of my mum and her innumerable phrases!

I made this ring in sterling silver, 14k rose gold and 14k yellow gold, they look so pretty! my fave is the pink gold one, and to think I used to dislike gold so much...someone told me that now I like gold because I'm older, but I really think now I like it because I'm a jeweller and since then, I discovered gold is a beautiful, noble material to work with :) But who knows, maybe it is because I'm older!

Oh, I hope you like this lovely ring! It is a pleasure to wear it, specially for those who like small things and look for a beautiful, special ring that can be worn every day, all day.

For more about the collection visit my Etsy shop by clicking right HERE or click on the photos! Thank you!

xx
Iveth

All images by me.

Hopes and Dreams

I usually need very little to feel amazed, mystified and inspired by the universe, the night sky and celestial bodies: I often find myself drawing, mindlessly sketching about it. The new collection I'm presenting you here, comes from that side of me but wasn't exactly inspired by a romantic idea of the universe but is inspired by real people, family, by love, by hope and by the desire to help. I made and extensive post explaining all about it here, please click if you'd like to know more!

The collection include pieces in sterling silver, rose gold and yellow gold and features a lovely little star and a tiny moon, both are super small and adorable. One of the things I'm most excited about this collection, beside the fact that 100% of the profits are going towards a great cause, is that it's so perfect for little girls. It's been a desire of mine for a long time now to create a collection for girls and with this line I think I'm a step closer to fulfilling that dream. For instance, my little girl loves it, LOVES IT! When I told her to come and try on the necklace, she was delighted and she wouldn't take it off. Then, there's the fact that the size is also great for small ears and necks.

Of course, the new pieces look absolutely lovely in older little girls as well! that's why this time around I photographed two different models: my friend Maribel and my daughter and I think I pretty much proved my point 'cause they both look lovely wearing the little moons and stars, don't they?! :)

So this is it friends! I hope you are loving this collection as much as I do. Please check it out on my shop, The Angry Weather and let me know your thoughts on it in the comments below, thank you forever!

xx

Iveth

All photos by The Angry Weather (click on them to see more of the jewelry!). Thanks so much to my lovely models Amelia & Maribel! White Dress: Baby Gap Black Dress: Atelier B

A Mountain Necklace

A little while ago I was asked by a lovely customer to make her a couple of Mountain necklaces that were just like my Mountain earrings. And although it's not the first time I thought about making my mountain into a necklace I encounter the same fear about the durability of the delicate dual polishing effect on my Mountains on a pendant which is touched, rubbed and scratched more often than earrings. So we came out with the idea of using layers and oxidization to clearly mark the lines and make the contrasts on this piece to endure. The results were pretty awesome and I'm completely in love with these necklaces!

Now, let me tell you something: I'm not usually fond of custom works BUT before you let your mind wander on that, I gotta tell you that when the right custom request comes along, I absolutely love making it possible for my costumers! What I love to make are their visions of my own work, you know? like what their own minds and fancy get when they see what I do and when they admire my style. Whenever that connection happens between my customer and my work, I cherish it and enjoy so much to hear about their vision + trying to make it possible.

Been very lucky lately in the custom request department: I also got a request by one of the singers I admire the most to make a necklace for another amazing singer I admire, it was awesome! I'll share some photos of that work soon.

What do you think of the Mountain necklace? are you loving it? would you like it to make and appearance on my shop? Thanks!!

Iveth

Making of: The Refuge Necklace

Last December we were so lucky to receive two of our best friends from Mexico who came to spend the holidays with us. Alty and Riki -my friends- are some of the most amazing, creative people I know and while they were here, Riki offered to make a little video of me while I was busy at work, making one of my most beloved pieces of jewelry: The Refuge Necklace.

I'm very happy he did this for me, as it's the first time I have an actual video of my process, of me working on the jewelry and such a lovely video it is! I hope you enjoy visiting my studio and see how things are in The Angry Weather HQ's for a day :)

The making of: The Refuge Neclace from ricardo meade on Vimeo.

Did you like it? I'd love to know if you have any questions regarding the process of making the Refuge necklace! And if you want to see more of Riki's work, come visit his Vimeo channel here!

Thank you so much Riki! Muchas gracias!

Iveth

Weekend

Such a busy weekend! it left me feeling like a need a Friday night! But hey, no time for that because a busier week is ahead of me, tons of work and tons of some more work :) I managed to use my camera a bit during the weekend, taking photos of friends, mostly. And also alleys, always a must. 

And look my meteorite necklace! it is going tomorrow to the UK to wonderful illustrator Katie Allen: I was so lucky she designed some business cards for me recently! check out my twitter profile to see a lovely mountain-crystal illustration she made for me, love it :)

That's all for now :) So tired...Bed. ZZZZ...

Wish you a lovely week!

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