Green Flower Necklace

I really love flowers! In Puerto Rico it is always Spring time. We have flowers all around. I created my line of Corsage Necklaces inspired by all these beautiful flowers. Here is my green flower corsage necklace that will be on my Etsy Shop soon.

I have been working with some illustrations and mixed media art lately and I'm mixing them with my jewelry. You will see that on my Etsy shop too.

SEA ENERGY

I found this beautiful seashell at a Rincon beach (as most of the seashells that I use for my creations). Here in Puerto Rico we have plenty of seashells, corals, and sea glass. These elements from nature are part of my inspiration. Seashells in particular, come in different sizes, colors, and forms. This one in the picture is what we call a "carrucho" or conch. I turned this conch into a beautiful pendant using vintage brass wire, swarovski crystals, and pressed glass. The light green color gives this pendant a refreshing look like the breeze that we feel in this enchanted Island.

You can find this and other pendants in my Etsy Shop.

Rauli in Egypt... Frida in Puerto Rico

Last week my son Rauli went with his classmates and professor Anna Georas to an international study trip to Egypt, Istanbul and Greece. Rauli studies at the School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico. They are now traveling through Egypt and are exploring and studying the ancient ruins, pyramids and tombs of the Egytians. This important study trip is made to complete the classroom experience, to gain new perspectives, and to study architecture in a foreign environment in order to enhance the understanding of the discipline.



Here we are at the airpot minutes before they leave to Egypt through Spain. In the first picture Rauili is with me, and in the second with his father Raúl (We miss him so much but we are very happy for him). I will soon post some photos of this study trip.






And... I just wanted to show you a picture of one of my Frida's Pendant. I love everything about the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. I created this pendant using an innovative transfer technique in a jade stone. It is wrapped in sterling silver wire.

Ceramic Heart and a lovely tree and son...

Here I have one of the ceramic heart pendants that I made, hanging in a beautiful necklace. The necklace has fluorite, ceramic, aventurine, and glass beads. All the beads are hand wrapped using sterling silver wire. My intention with this necklace is to transmit a positive and peaceful energy like the one that is receiving my son, Luis Raúl Albaladejo when he embraces this tree at the Jardín Botánico y Cultural de Caguas, PR. Visit the garden and feel the joy of being in a natural and peaceful retreat. Wear meaningful jewelry and jewelry made with intense love, creativity, and with connection with nature.
Aquí unos de mis pendants de corazón hecho en cerámica y colgando de un lindo collar. Este collar está hecho con cuentas en fluorita, cerámica, venturina y cristal, amarradas con alambre de plata esterlina. Diseñé este collar con la intención de transmitir energía positiva y de paz como la que recibe mi hijo Luis Raúl Albaladejo cuando abraza este árbol del Jardín Botánico y Cultural de Caguas, PR. Visita el jardín para que sientas la alegría de estar en un lugar natural y de mucha paz. Siempre usa joyería con sentido, joyería hecha con un amor intenso, creatividad y en conección con la naturaleza.

Seeds and Dolphins

This beautiful dolphin is made out of the javillo tree seed (Hura crepitans) also known as Sandbox, Catahua and Ceiba Amarilla tree. The seeds from this tree are cut and form into dolphins. After that I glaze them and make a little eye. The one that you see in the picture is wrapped in silver wire and has a pewter leave, a red coral bead, a crystal and two turquoise coins. I made about ten of these dolphins pendants with different types of semiprecious stones, crystals, ceramic beads and silver charms. This dolphin in particular, is hanging from a Cemí Stone. The Cemí stone is a fundamental symbol in the Taino religion. This Cemí was a present from my late brother in law José (Pepe) Albaladejo. In this picture I connected two important spiritual symbols: The dolphin and the Cemí. I hope you like it.

Colorful and unique...

I want to share with you my latest creations. Using a variety of materials like lampwork glass, cloisoné, serpentine ( the stone used by our Taínos to make jewelry), czech glass and porcelain beads this necklaces evoke nature and our tropical Island. The wire I used is 16 ga. bronze wire. I'm trying to use less sterling silver because it is too expensive now and bronze wire is very sturdy and beautiful. You will see them soon in my new store. Today I received a call saying that my ceramic beads and pendants are ready. I'm going to pick them up to glaze them and put them again in the kiln for a second firing. As soon as I have them ready I will show them to you.

Estas son mis últimas creaciones hechas con lampwork glass, serpentina (la piedra usada por los Taínos para su joyería), porcelana, cristal checo y cloisoné. Estos collares evocan la naturaleza y nuestra Isla tropical. El alambre usado es bronce de 16 ga. Estoy usando más el bronce debido a que la plata está muy cara y el bronce es muy fuerte y bonito. Pronto los verán en mi nueva tienda. Hoy recibí una llamada avisándome que mis piezas en cerámica ya están listas. Las buscaré hoy para pintarlas y barnizarlas y ponerlas nuevamente a quemar. En cuento las tenga listas se las mostraré.

I'm Back! / Estoy De Regreso!

Today is my son's birthday! Happy birthday Rauli Mamá and Papá love You!

You are my Sun, my live, you're a great artist!

For English, please scroll down.

De regreso y con nuevas ideas, diseños y experiencias. Estuve en silencio por un par de meses en lo que me organizaba y realizaba mis nuevos diseños. Desde ahora en adelante mi Blog será Bilingüe debido a que tengo amigas y amigos que me visitan desde Estados Unidos y otros países de habla inglesa y me gustaría compartir también con ellos. Como ya les había comentado en una entrada anterior, en el asunto de la joyería al igual que en otros aspectos de mi vida ,voy aprendiendo nuevas cosas y evolucionando. Buscando mi verdadero estilo me di cuenta que, primero mi joyería va a ser mayormente en alambre pues lo considero más creativo; segundo, los materiales que quiero usar además de las piedras semi preciosas son todos provenientes de la naturaleza como las semillas; y por tercero, quiero ser sustentable, esto es entre otras cosas: no depender de la locura de comprar y comprar, especialmente materiales importados. Se que posiblemente no lo pueda ser 100% pero, de alguna manera estaré ayudando al ambiente y a mi País. ¿Qué como lo voy a hacer? Pues, tratando de comprar menos piedras, cristales, etc. Reutilizando joyería antigua convirtiéndola con un poquito de creatividad y quizás algún otro material, en un nuevo diseño. Adquiriendo materiales de la naturaleza como semillas, maderas, conchas, caracoles y vidrios de playa y creando mis propios beads y pendants con cerámica. Todo esto sin olvidarme de que todos mis diseños se inspiran en la Naturaleza y en la fascinación que siento por la flora, la fauna y los minerales. ¡Deséenme suerte!

Aquí les muestro tres de los diseños de este último mes realizados en venturina verde, alambre de plata, perlas, cristales, semilla granate de Puerto Rico, camándulas y piedras del río. También les muestro mis primeras creaciones en cerámica que serán integradas próximamente a mis diseños. Como verán hice unos beads primaverales, pendants en corazones, mariposas, hojas y libélulas. Estos son en cerámica que se seca con el aire (air dry clay), pero ya los estoy haciendo en la cerámica que se quema en horno, en cuanto los tenga listo se los mostraré. También, como lo prometido es deuda les muestro algunas fotos del Mercado Orgánico Agrícola que celebra los primeros y terceros domingos de mes la Cooperativa Orgánica Madre Tierra en la Placita Roosevelt en Hato Rey.

Les espero el domingo 4 de mayo en el Mercado Orgánico. No se lo pierdan para que puedan comprar frutas y vegetales orgánicos frescos traídos por nuestros agricultores.

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I'm back! And with new ideas and experiences. I was silent for about two months because I was getting organized and was creating my new designs. From now on my Blog is going to be bilingual in order to communicate with my English speaking friends. As I was saying in a previous post, in jewelry matters like in my personal life I'm learning and developing new things and ideas. I'm clear now that I will be doing wire jewelry cause I think is more creative and artistic. Also, some of the materials used in my designs come from natural sources like seeds, and from now on I want to try to be sustainable, I'm going to stop the buying madness and will use natural materials like sea shells and sea glass, wood, seeds from Puerto Rico's trees, my own ceramic beads and pendants, and I'm going to tranform old and used jewelry into new designs. At least I will give a try and see if I can help, in some way, to stop global warming or not to contribute to create it and to offer my clients quality jewelry with sense and responsability and inspired in all the beautiful things that surround me in this enchanted tropical Island that I live. Oh please, wish me luck!!

At the begining of this post you can see some of my latest designs using green aventurine, sterling silver wire, granate seeds from Puerto Rico, Job's tears (another seed from Puerto Rico that we know as camándula) and a beautiful pendant made from a river stone. The first picture shows my first ceramic beads and pendants that I made using air dry clay. These are my first ones and right now I am making some others using real ceramic, the one that you have to put in a kiln twice in order to get fine durable beads and pendants and I am going to integrate them to my designs. As soon as I have them ready I will show them to you. And, as I promised I brought some pictures of our Organic Farm Market (Mercado Orgánico Agrícola) at Placita Roosevelt in Hato Rey. Enjoy!!

See you at the Mercado Orgánico Agrícola next Sunday May 4 at Placita Roosevelt in Hato Rey where you can buy fresh organic fruits and vegetables from our organic farmers.