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13 October 2008

Welcome! I haven't updated this website in a long time, just because I haven't been working in enamel or jewellery much, due to health issues. I have lots of projects, though, and hopefully, health allowing, they will become reality soon.
I think a redesign and relaunch of the website is in order, too. Stay tuned!
Meanwhile be sure to check the "Journal" section. This is updated on a regular basis.

5 August 2006

Welcome to this small gallery I have set up to showcase togheter my early jewellery work and my vitreous enamel work from early school years til today.

I have included a few exercises from early school times that I like, and also work I have done in my own workshop in subsequent years. That is not as much as I would like, since having a full time job takes much of my time.

I studied vitreous enamel in the Llotja school of Barcelona (my hometown) for many years. I want to mention my teachers Núria López-Ribalta and Andreu Vilasís who taught me so much and towards whom I am most grateful, plus they are wonderful people and like family to me.
I also took a couple of years of jewellery in the Escola del Treball in the same city, where I learnt the basics of fabrication and wax carving for casting.
After that, I worked as an enameller of silver and gold jewellery in two different workshops (silver for Elisa Méndez and gold for Bagués-Masriera)

In September of 2005 I moved to Belgium with my boyfriend Pim and my kitties, where I studied Dutch, and only recently I was able to move my workshop tools and kilns from Barcelona to where I live now, in Leuven. I am currently working full time, and therefore I have little free time, but I still try to work as much as I can in my workshop for my own creative projects.

I hope you enjoy the galleries.
For information or comissions, I can be contacted at this email address.


Me with my final career project in an exhibition of Llotja students' work in Summer 2005.

Bands I have been listening to this week:

 

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