A winter day

A while ago I made this little bronze house. I made it because I wanted a paperweight for myself and well, because I am obsessed with houses, so the two things came together quite nicely. I love my little house and I use it mostly as a small sculpture that sits on my desk, beside some of my treasures like my rock collection and old photos. 

Since the beginning I though I'd put it on my Etsy shop but I just couldn't get myself to photograph it. I think my mind works funny about my product photography: When I design something I see stories around the piece and my mind doesn't wait long to start imagining, seeing how these stories look, so it's not just the item but what's around it, what it means. And when I made the little house there was a lot of daydreaming and imagining about it so I knew the kind of photos I wanted to take to show it to you. When the particular idea/the plan for the shoot didn't quite translate good out of the daydream, I didn't push it, I just let it rest there knowing it'd come. Some weeks ago I was working on the studio and there was copious snow falling outside; the little bronze house shoot came to mind again and I said "yes, a winter scene. In a forest." And I started cutting the little paper trees. I put a piece of  white tissue paper covering the trees to make it look softer but I was delighted when the paper made the scene look like "snowing", at least looks so to me! hehehe, my imaginations runs wild, I tell you. You can see bellow how it looks without the paper. 

Anyway, the little bronze house as well as the photos you see here, are very special to me, I hope you enjoy them.

Available now on my shop.

Winter

Winter is unforgivable, relentless, harsh but there's something it can't be denied: it's sublime beauty. 

A couple of days ago we were in the middle of a freezing rain storm and it was all kinds of beautiful and troublesome. There are plenty of things to endure in the winter months: dangerous roads, the long months of horrible cold, slippery sidewalks, few hours of light, and so on. But there's a beauty that cannot be found anywhere, anytime, but in those same barren lands of winter and to look at the land as it transforms to this white and frozen wonderland is a sight I cherish.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I wish you a great 2015.

health and happiness to you and yours,

Iveth

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

The Angry Weather Spring-Summer 2013

After many months of designing, planing, making, photographing, editing and organizing, I'm very happy to present to you my new collection!

I call it Solstice as I longed to capture the sunshine and the long hours of bright, golden light during the hot summer days into a jewel that felt very easy to wear. To do this I used sterling silver and bronze materials and in many cases used both of them in one piece to take advantage of the contrasts and luminosity.

This collection also represent something important for me as I conceived the 'feel' of the jewellery through an inner search for a simpler, uncomplicated way of life. 

For the aesthetic of this new line I was also inspired by primitive jewelry and shapes: what people used to make thousands of years ago when the tools and techniques were in a first stage of development and the jewels were a representation of those early ideas and understandings of the forces of nature, the worship of the sun, and the changes of the Stations through basic forms.

All in all, this new line is full of beautiful, carefully constructed pieces that have a minimalist air and that feel effortless to wear: in the last months this line is almost the only jewellery I'm using and I got to tell you: I'm in love with it and I can't take it off (not that I want to!)! 

Come see and click the images to know more!

Inspiration that comes from objects: I found this very old bronze block and tiny bronze hammer and I knew immediately I wanted to experiment with them to make new things. The block is a tool that jewellers use to place rings and mark them on the inside with purity marks (karats, 925, etc) or their logos. Of course I had different ideas for it!

I don't usually make long earrings but I was so inspired to make these. What is a summer day without a pair of dangle earrings to adorn you ears under the golden sunlight, right? 

And bracelets! oh, dear bracelets how I adore you. These lovelies look effortless and feel wonderful.They look so beautiful by themselves and when staking several of them they make such a cool statement. 

For my necklace collection I went for sunshine and objects that would be super easy to wear on a hot summer day but also that look delicate, cool and uncomplicated with just any casual outfit. 

I think the names I put them reflect pretty much their feel based in metal combinations: The Southern Sun necklace is made of sterling silver and bronze and the combination of these two metals give it a warm feeling, like the sun back in Mexico.

The Northern Sun necklace is all shiny sterling silver and is all about those beautiful sunny days in the middle of Winter were the sun rays are as cold as the ice all around. Beautiful Canada.

And the Midnight Sun Necklace is made of oxidized sterling silver and bronze. The combination of these two colors is absolutely rich and makes me think of the summer sun in the northern -and southern- most parts of the planet where the sun shines strong in the middle of the night.

And that is it! Thank you very much for going through all that explanation! I'm incredibly happy with my Solstice collection and couldn't go without telling you how much I love it and how much your support and encouraging words that you kindly leave me through FB, Twitter, Etsy, IG and emails mean to me! I hope you love this collection as much as I do!

xx

Iveth, The Angry Weather.

Ice world

We got freezing rain the other day. Is it wrong to get excited by a freezing rain storm? I mean, not precisely excited about the dangerous driving/walking conditions but there's something magical in seeing everything covered by ice. It's like a crystal world. And when the sunshine hits the ice, is absolutely stunning :)