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She draws inspirations from things that are close to her heart and mind. Laura is very while meticulous creating her concepts and she cannot rush the process, she makes sure it stays true to her values.

Her pieces are usually clean and simple with a flair of her own personality.

To you, what is jewelry?

A possible future lifestyle.

What did you do before getting into jewelry? And what brought you into jewelry?

I was on the 12th grade. What mostly brought me into jewelry was curiosity. The lack of interest in other areas. Today I feel I made the right choice.

To you, what is the purpose jewelry?

To me, it’s a form of expression.

What, or who, most inspires you and your work?

My inspiration sources are diverse. I don’t follow any kind of standard research. Usually, and specially now that I still don’t need to appeal to a broader audience, my sources are close to me depending on my taste, experience and interest.

What do you love most about making jewelry?

Other than the creative process and it’s research that awake great interest in me, it’s the practical side of it, the constructing process, that I like the most.

What do you try to express through your work?

My own line. Which is more or less defined by now.

What materials do you prefer to work with, and why?

Silver is the material I’m most comfortable working with. Because it’s the metal I’ve used the most so far.

What keeps you motivated to continue in this path?

Personal satisfaction.

From your own work, what’s your favorite piece and why?

It’s hard to choose one. Perhaps the rough stone ring, because it was very natural. I woke up and that was it! And that’s how it was. Also, because it was one of my first pieces.

Which piece was the most difficult to execute, and why?

Everyone of them always end up being harder than I initially think. And for me, that’s the distance between theory and practice, which happens often in most fields.++

I will, though, mention another one of my first pieces, a pair of long earrings. Mostly because the final result annulled a big part of the fatiguing work.

I truly hope to see Laura grow stronger and present us all with fabulous collections!

I believe her strength lies in the fact that she doesn’t compromise her aesthetic and the pieces remain true to her identity.

Favorite Picks / Nov-3.2008

Requiem — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:16:06 +0000

Ready for another round of great creativity?

by nataliasaldias

by Lunaticart

by F®

by themuses

by moving to 2nd and orange

by mariesel

Favorite Picks / Oct-27.2008

Requiem — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:09:37 +0000

A new batch of goodies for your viewing pleasure!

by aurelia holanda barrigana

by omnisteam8000

by Debbie Anne

by MELODY ARMSTRONG

by joana MARTINS

by julishland_jewelry

by alinka joyas

by angelagerhard

by Cyndiesmithdesigns

by ArtJewel Designs

Amulets & Talismans: the Magic in Jewelry

Requiem — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:59:24 +0000

- This is a guest post by the portuguese astrologer Ismenia Gomes.

A jewel is admired by it’s beauty and considered by it’s value. A jewel is an artistic and monetary investment. In the past, a jewel was also a talisman, beyond it’s material value.

In past civilizations, the human being saw it’s world as a Whole, as a big organism commanded by Forces or Deities. Every being was an expression of the Whole, and from that emerges the Hermetic principle “What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is like that which is below”.

What was, and is above are the planets seen to the naked eye, in a starry sky, they look like fixed stars.

Each planet has it’s qualities and flaws like the human beings, the reality that “is below”.

Each planet is associated with a noble metal. The Sun is associated with gold, the Moon with silver, Mercury with quicksilver, Venus with copper, Mars with iron, Jupiter with tin and Saturn with lead.

Gold represented the male energy in a patriarchal world. Silver, the feminine energy; iron, the energy of courage; quicksilver is androgynous and a communicator; copper, beauty and attraction; tin, protection and good luck; and lead, limitation.

Each day of the week was associated with a planet, and the same with each hour of the day.

The assigning of the days of the week of the occidental world, of Latin and catholic influence, was an heritage from the Mithra worship and it’s seven steps, reversed and with some changes made to the metals.

Sunday is the day of the Sun. Monday is the Moon, Tuesday is Mars, Wednesday is Mercury, Thursday is Jupiter, Friday is Venus and Saturday is Saturn’s day.

Let’s try an example. We want a fertility talisman. Fertility was a feminine matter, connected to the moon. Therefor this talisman should be made in silver, on a Monday, on the 1st, 8th, 15th or 22th hour (Moon’s astrological hours on a Monday) and adding some gemstones related to the Moon.

The jewels made from gold were associated with the more precious gemstones, which also possess characteristics beyond the physical.

And why all this? A jewel is a talisman, and as such it must be made on the right day and the right hour, so it can receive the above energies and become powerful and effective.

Ismenia Gomes
Astrologer

You can visit her portuguese only website: Astrograal.net.

Favorite Picks / Oct-20.2008

Requiem — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:27:23 +0000

Well, looks like so far I’m managing to keep this a weekly feature! More talented people this week!

by tigerlillyshop

by tweebi

by allthingsoriginal

by Mango Tango Designs

by Anne Bulmer Brewer

by valesalum

Favorite Picks / Oct-13.2008

Requiem — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:34:41 +0000

Here we are again for another round of great work found on flickr!

by MARTHA GOMEZ JOYAS

by contrari-wise

by goodrun08

by nataliasaldias

by Four Winds

by smabla

by nanopodstudio

again, by nanopodstudio

by malodora

by egokitten,
You can buy from her on her Etsy shop.

Favorite Picks / Oct-6.2008

Requiem — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:39:15 +0000

This week’s picks are all from artists already featured before, but I really want to show these! They have been marked as favorites in my RSS reader for a while now.

by 2Roses Jewelry

by frucci

by nhorfebre.

by mi-mi photo

by 2Roses Jewelry

again, by 2Roses Jewelry

by fahfola

by FLÁVIA FERRARI

by -groc-

again, by -groc-