Exvotos Mexican Folk Art, Vintage + Silver Jewelry, Pillow Covers Sale
Mexico’s Ex-Votos are collectible naive folk art that tell a story of thanksgiving for being saved from near-death or disaster. Yes, it was a miracle to survive. Usually, the person who escaped tragedy would hire a local artist to paint a tin square depicting the scene. The message of thanks may have included many misspellings, as the […]
Mexico Bejeweled Mostly Silver Jewelry Sale
This will be my last “for sale” post of the season! I’m on my way back to Oaxaca on June 22 via Chicago for a stopover to visit friends. From there, it will be Aeromexico connecting through Mexico City to Oaxaca on June 28. It will be good to get back to my other home […]
Just In Time for Mother’s Day: Turquoise and Coral Jewelry
I’m in SoCal at the moment and returning to North Carolina tomorrow morning. My sister and I went to a fundraising event on Saturday night and bought these two beautiful pieces of jewelry in a moment of wanting to support the organization. We both realized there is no morning after pill to remedy a purchase […]
Mexico Jewelry Collectible and Vintage Pop-Up Sale
This Pop-Up, Mash-Up Sale features collectible Mexican sterling silver necklaces, earrings and bracelets. They are from a California collector I am representing. All pieces are handcrafted and personally selected for quality and beauty. Many are vintage or close-to-it! Perhaps there is something here that strikes your fancy. How to buy: Each piece is numbered and […]
Mexico Mash Up Today– Silver Jewelry and Alebrijes for Sale
I’m representing a California collector who wants to divest. We are starting today with alebrijes, those whimsical copal wood carved and brightly painted figures from San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca. Plus, a grouping of four bracelets — cuffs and bangles. Three gorgeous pair of sterling earrings. More to come as the week unfolds. How to buy: […]
Mexico in Durham, North Carolina: Art & Textiles Trunk Show
INDIO owner Wendy Sease recently traveled with me to Chiapas. She bought up beautiful treasures for her shop. I’ve just returned to my apartment in Durham, North Carolina, for a couple of months with three suitcases filled with textiles and jewelry. We decided to collaborate. YOU ARE INVITED. Bring a friend. Plus, the BIG news […]
A Bunch of Earrings and a Necklace: Jewelry Sale
I’m back in North Carolina for a while and I’m going through my 20+ year treasure collection. The pieces I’m offering for sale today are jewelry from the bygone years, an eclectic mix of “needed for professional life” or an “artistic point-of-view” that no longer fits my lifestyle. I’ll be listing an eclectic mix of […]
ExpoVENTA: Mexican Beaded Blouses & Jewelry, Saturday, September 17
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Pop-Up Vintage Jewelry Sale: Oaxaca Gold Filigree, Mexican Sterling + More
I’m making another trip to the USA and in the move to edit my collection, I’ve taken inventory and will sell the following jewelry. Most pieces are vintage collectible and some are new and newer. Please make your purchases by June 30, 2016. I will bring what you buy with me and ship from Santa […]
San Pedro Quiatoni, Oaxaca Jewelry: Quest for the Past
San Pedro Quiatoni is a small Zapotec mountain village in the eastern region of the Tlacolula Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. For some inexplicable reason, the village collected Venetian glass beads that came into Mexico with the Spanish galleons along the trade routes between Veracruz, Acapulco and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The necklaces and earrings have […]
Brigitte Huet, Kandart Sterling Silver Jewelry Sale
This is a show and sale for 10 pieces of Kandart sterling silver jewelry made in Oaxaca, Mexico, by French silversmith Brigitte Huet and her husband Ivan Campant. The one-of-a-kind pieces are the last remaining for sale from the Oaxaca collection. Many of them were made 15 and 20 years ago and put away as […]
Bilbao Reunion with Brigitte Huet, Silversmith and Jeweler
Our reunion with artist, jeweler, silversmith and dear friend Brigitte S. Huet has been in the making for over a year when Barbara and I first planned to visit Spain. Brigitte and her husband Ivan returned to France in early 2014 after making Oaxaca their home and creative inspiration for over 20 years. We miss […]
Oaxaca Gold, Silver Filigree Earrings, Plus Woven Tapestry Bags for Sale
After a long day of travel yesterday, by bus from Puebla to the Mexico City airport, then to San Francisco with a connection to Orange County, California, I have settled into my son’s home in Huntington Beach. I’m carrying with me two beautiful hand-woven, tapestry wool bags that with natural dyes, made by my friend Lupe […]
Oaxaca Show & Sale, July 25-26: To Benefit Artisans and Artists at Las Bugambilias B&B
Colorful Necklaces Benefit Oaxaca Learning Center: Computers for Students
Who would ever think that putting together metal washers and colorful ribbon would result in stunning necklaces and a successful fundraising project for The Oaxaca Learning Center (TOLC)? That’s what volunteer Francine LaPorte did to help the Center recently raise almost $2,000 USD to buy computers for its students. The Project: Necklaces for Computers […]
Update: Vintage Gold Jewelry Sale and Helping a Family of Women Home Improvement Project
Just want to tell you that yesterday I sold three pairs of earrings in response to the 10k Gold Vintage Oaxaca Jewelry Sale. Plus, we raised $785 in cash gifts! Thank you so much. This amount of money goes a long way in Oaxaca where the average daily wage is 100 pesos or about $8 USD […]
Vintage 10K Gold Oaxaca Filigree Earrings For Sale: Let’s Help a Family of Women
My neighbors want to fix up their house. They need a kitchen. They want to replace the fabric curtains with real windows to keep out the cold and fortify the walls and roof of an old adobe house to keep out the rain. They are a household of three generations of women: grandmother is in […]
Vintage Moroccan Tribal and Berber Jewelry: For Your Collection
In this post: a stunning collection of Moroccan tribal jewelry for sale. We traveled the souks of Marrakech and Essaouira to find these treasures — several stunning necklaces and one outstanding filigree Berber bracelet. All are vintage! We sat on leather poufs at the feet of Moroccan traders who served us glasses of hot, sweet mint […]
Silver Jewelry Makers to Leave Oaxaca
Silversmiths Brigitte Huet and her husband Ivan Campant are making their last sterling silver jewelry castings in December 2013. They will dismantle their Oaxaca Kand-art studio in early January 2014 to prepare for a permanent move to Brittany, France in early spring. For over twenty years, Brigitte and Ivan have been carving intricate, traditional Mexican […]
Morocco Journal 9: Shopping, Eating, Sleeping, Body Work
Back home in North Carolina after 14 days in Morocco, the quintessential shopping bazaar, with a 2-day stopover in beautiful Madrid, Spain. Now, I prepare to return to Oaxaca, but not before a final set of Morocco recommendations to share with you. Marrakech Riad Bahia Salam, Marrakech, a restored mid-range guesthouse situated within easy […]
Oaxaca Filigree Gold and Silver, Antique Jewelry, Pawn Shops and Prayer for Rain
Gold filigree earrings are a favorite of traditional indigenous women in villages throughout Oaxaca, Mexico. Mexican gold filigree jewelry, usually 10k or 12k, is gifted at life cycle events and is an important part of engagement and marriage traditions. Antique pieces are usually more costly because of the workmanship. Filigrana, the art of working gold […]
Earrings, a Pendant, Dreams Realized: Sterling Silver Jewelry Workshop
Beryl Simon from Boston, Massachusetts, signed up with us to take a sterling silver jewelry making workshop before she visited Oaxaca. She wrote: I love working with silver! I have a passion for jewelry making and design, and would like to expand my skills. I also love the work created in this workshop that I […]
Cultural and Social Tourism Focus for Guanajuato Delegation to Oaxaca
Tourism and economic development officials from Guanajuato, Mexico, came to Oaxaca to meet and talk with artisans, artists, microfinanciers, arts educators, and entrepreneurs. I helped them arrange their itinerary and hosted them during their stay. The group plans to develop social/cultural tourism educational projects for their state with hopes to reduce the talent drain due […]
Oaxaca Antiques, Silver Jewelry, Museum and Shop
There are two parts to this story. One is the Antiguedades (Mexican jewelry and antiques shop) operated by Juan Jimenez, and Two is the adjoining Museo Belber-Jimenez textile and antique jewelry collection on display that belongs to brother Federico Jimenez and his wife Ellen Belber. Both are located in the same colonial casa at the […]
One Word for Amber Jewelry Designs at Joyeria Azul: Amazing
Chiapas is known for its amber mines, and there are perhaps 50 shops along the main thoroughfares selling amber jewelry at very reasonable prices. Many of the larger shops have museum displays of rare, carved or otherwise large pieces of the fossilized sap that contain ancient critters. In our comings and goings in true […]
More Than 36 Hours: Oaxaca, Mexico — Shopping & Galleries
Where to Shop and Galleries The list that I sent to Freda Moon, The New York Times travel writer who created the feature 36 Hours: Oaxaca, Mexico, included some of my favorite places to see art, shop and explore. Of course, it would have been impossible for Freda to include them all. Nevertheless, I’m sharing with you […]
New: Silver Jewelry Making Workshop, November 2011
If you are in Oaxaca in November, don’t miss this! On November 11, 12, and 13, we are holding a sterling silver jewelry making workshop in Oaxaca with instructors Brigitte Huet and Ivan Campant. They are teaching lost wax carving, sling casting, and classical jewelry making. You will make your own silver element — either […]