MY INSPIRATION:
Circumstances don’t determine who you are or who you can become. Instead, your struggles can be powerful catalysts for transformation.
When you are in the depths of struggle, you are at crossroads. On one side, you can choose to stay mired in the plot of doubt, fear and pain. On the other, you can choose to courageously open your heart and vanquish your shadows to realize your fullest potential. You can choose to expand beyond your thresholds and transform the script of your story from defeat and suffering, to overcoming and triumph.
A great source of strength and inspiration for me has been this proverb from my ancestral homeland of Rajasthan, India:
“Gold becomes kundan only after passing through fire.”
Kundan is a unique form of purified 24k gold that’s created by repeatedly firing gold at extreme temperatures till all impurities are burned away. The purified gold is pounded down, burnished into flowing ribbons of kundan and used to set hand-cut gems into intricately enameled bases.
It was only after passing through many fires of my own that I launched my first collection of kundan jewelry in 2007. Since then, designing and collaborating with generational artisans and offering my collection of jewels to you has become a practice to connect to the spirit of transformation and triumph.
I design kundan jewelry as talismans for anyone who’s passed through fire, to wear as a reminder of your story of triumph.
Your story isn’t told by what happens to you. Your story is crafted by the gift of choice. In every moment, you have a choice to act instead of react. With every choice, you manifest yourself anew. You build up and breakdown, like the sacred, eternal dance of Shiva, revealing your own strength, beauty and grace.
My work today is a tribute to my heritage, to perseverance and to the spirit of triumph in you.
CRAFTSMANSHIP:
I collaborate with master artisans from my ancestral homeland of Rajasthan, India to design handcrafted jewels that are meant to be worn as inspiring talismans.
My designs invoke ancient, archetypal symbols that speak to where you come from and allow you to imagine who you can become.
My work as a designer is a way for me to be connected to my roots and forge relationships that overcome boundaries of difference. As an entrepreneur, my mission is to use commerce as a platform to exchange ideas, nourish and uplift communities, and celebrate, inspire and share stories of transformation and triumph.
Every collection is crafted by hand using techniques that date back to the royal courts of 16th century Rajasthan, India. These techniques have been cherished and preserved over generations by master craftsmen who pass down their knowledge in an ancient tradition of apprenticeship.
Patience, skill and a deep love of the craft are the prerequisites of creating these jewels. Every piece is crafted slow, by hand, one-at-a-time. Every aspect of each jewel is hand-crafted: gem-cutting, forging forms with precious metals, enameling and lastly, setting gems with kundan, a unique form of purified 24k gold.
It requires 6-8 weeks and the expertise of four different artisans, each the master of a particular skill, to complete a single piece.
My collections offer a offer a contemporary perspective to an age-old craft using innovative design and reimagining myths and symbols to forge meaning .
After spending years studying these techniques alongside generational craftsmen and jewelers, I produced my first collection in 2007 in collaboration with a team of adventurous artisans from my ancestral homeland of Rajasthan, India.
Your support and patronage allows me to continue sharing this art form in a meaningful way.
