Work in progress

How many times did I see
The lamp’s glow trembling over glass!

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

The studio’s most recent work [currently in the “enjoyment and experimentation” stage] grew out of, firstly, the desire to give shape to my research in the Colombian city of Pasto (Nariño) and in the jungles of Putumayo focused on possible applications of the ancestral mopa-mopa technique (recently declared part of Colombia’s intangible heritage) to unconventional surfaces using contemporary designs; and, secondly, a glass-blowing workshop I attended that gave rise to subtle forms suggesting wind, air, and heat. The first pieces in this collection, therefore, combine blown glass and mopa-mopa.

Germinate vitreous, earrings,
borosilicate blown glass, 950 silver

Sprouts air, earrings,
borosilicate blown glass, 950 silver, vitreous enamel

Cellule party, earrings,
cow horn, mopa-mopa (resin from the colombian rainforest), 950 silver, 18 karat yellow gold plated, gold foil

Tiny bang, bracelet,
cow horn, mopa-mopa (resin from the colombian rainforest), gold foil