Hi, I’m Mauricio, recently moved to Canada from Colombia to learn about fashion business and to build my own, Canada offers a huge variety of sourcing for materials, semiprecious gemstones can be found at hiking, exploring and free mining and can be worked into beautiful pieces, something I look forward to include in my work.
I’m really looking forward to everyone to get to know and fall in love with my work!
(all images via https://athousandfacets.tumblr.com/ and www.haremroyal.com)
Flowers are in full bloom, butterflies are flying and new jewellery collections also come to life after a long winter and the mad rush of the year end and valentine’s day! Inspiration from mother nature is shining all around us, and in Toronto, it is also the time gloves, scarves and hats come off at last and your jewellery and maybe a bit of skin can be revealed.
Before our classes would run as frequently as they do here now at Jewel Envy the goldsmiths would invite our moms to the studio for a creative day of jewellery making. A day to bond and be creative together and take on the roll of teaching our moms a thing or two ;o)
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| Alexis Kostuk (me), Rhonda Kostuk (my mom!) Marusha Kostuk (my sister :oP) |
As the studio has evolved we have reserved the day to teach other people’s moms… if you’re searching for an experience you know your mom will love go here to sign up for a 1/2 day class on Mother’s Day. – Alexis
Dear Sunday Readers,
Recently while browsing Instagram looking at gems (as one does) I came across something that sent me down a mini google rabbit hole. On Tatum Gems feed I stopped scrolling to oogle at a unique gem (Inner dialogue: “What is this magic?!”) I initially thought that it was maybe human-made material but after reading the comment I was excited to have come across a gem that I had never heard of before: Rainbow Lattice Sunstone.
Found in a remote area of Australia, gemmologists researching the gem have found the gems are a rare combination of phenomena including aventurescence (as seen in
sunstone), adularescence (as seen in moonstone) and a distinctive
lattice pattern created by its inclusions. Read more here!
What do you think about the gem? Let me know in comments!
– Alexis
The weather has been playing lots of tricks to us this year. It’s mid-April and
it’s a big white out today, and it feels a lot more like Christmas than spring really!
But that’s outside only, inside the studio all the goldsmiths have been busy as bees preparing for spring and spring has definitely sprung!
We have a collections of Flower rings, earrings and necklaces waiting for you to try them on! Also super cute bees cufflinks. Also why not have your own flower jewellery piece designed for you!
Check these out currently in the shop and come and experience spring here at Jewel Envy,
Have a great Sunday,
Ivane,
#jewelenvy #springintoronto #handmadeintoronto #customadejewelry #springjewelery
Spring is coming (can’t you feel it?!) even if the weather hasn’t been the greatest indicator. With spring my mind tends to go into overdrive with organizing, clean, taking inventory of things. I started brainstorming to come up with some new class ideas – I think I might have one or two that might have potential – usually after writing the notes and figuring out the pacing we know if it is good enough to add into our rotation.
I’m thinking specifically for 1 Day Workshops; please let us know – what class would you like to see us teach? –Alexis
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