Friday, May 28, 2010

Featured Artist - RAQUEL Exquisite Collection

For Artisan Cheli Chelouche, everything starts with shapes and colors. She loves painting nature and read a lot about history art. When she's painting a tray, she chooses shades she wants to use together, then thinks about the pattern. She combined her art studies and inner feelings to paint abstract designs or nature's beauty. The Douglas Fir trays are made by her husband Amir.

In addition to painting Cheli expresses her artistic abilities creating exquisite jewelry pieces. Her interest in history in general and jewelry history in particular awaken the dormant jewelry artist in her. While reading about ancient jewelry techniques she stumbled upon the Maile art, which is knitting with metal rings using 2 pliers she was fascinated. The idea that people used the same technique centuries ago gave her the inspiration for her jewelry pieces. Weaving ancient and contemporary eras together.

She starts with one tiny ring then starts to weave using only Genuine Gemstone, Semi-Precious and original swarovski crystal. Her jewelry is meticulously handcrafted and time consuming but, for her, it is a labor of love, and she would love to share them with you.

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