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PEIDRAS DEL CIELO 

2024-2025 
Copper chain, blown glass, electroplated copper, inflated welded steel, paint, patina

Bracelets 7'
Necklace 18'
Pendant 2.5'
 

The name for this series, Piedras del Cielo / Stones of the Sky, comes from the poetry of Pablo Neruda. My large-scale jewellery sculptures blend steel, electroplated copper, and blown glass to explore themes of collective memory and the unseen forces shaping (Chilean) identity and history. These works reflect my commitment to using materials to embody narratives of resilience, oppression, and the complex interplay of resources and foreign interference.
By emphasizing scale, these pieces transform the intimate nature of jewellery into poignant signifiers of collective experience, representing the shared weight of memory and history. The sculptures embody the unseen—hidden narratives, silenced voices, and collective trauma's intangible yet pervasive weight. Through the contrasting qualities of resilience and fragility, the materials create a dialogue about permanence, erasure, strength, and vulnerability.


With its industrial strength, steel serves as a metaphor for infrastructure and the systems of power that underpin political regimes. Electroplated copper, a resource deeply tied to Chile's economic and political history, acts as both a material and a narrative thread, symbolizing the exploitation of resources and foreign intervention. Blown glass represents memory's ephemeral and elusive nature, capturing its fragility and enduring ability.


My process is based on traditional and hybrid techniques. I employ jewellery chain-making methods with copper wire and create blown glass elements for the rounded bead forms. The glass beads are electroplated electroplate with copper. Steel, used for the blue bead forms, is welded with an oxyacetylene torch and then shaped in the hotshop, where a glory hole is used as a forge to inflate the form.


Through this work, I aim to provoke reflection and conversations surrounding intersections of global forces, individual lives, and the enduring complexities of power, memory, and resilience.

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