Lucia Pasquinelli
Jewelry designer
I was born in Rome, a city full of art and history, into an artistic family in the movie business.
I was always surrounded by creative people with many skills and I never thought, even for a second, that I was not supposed to make art. Art as Jewelry, art as food, art as gardening, art as painting and sculpting. Life itself is Art. I enjoy thinking and visualizing it, making it, buying it, and teaching it to pass disappearing hand-skills to others.
Creating is the best way of expressing myself and connecting to the world.
As a Jewelry artist, I like my pieces to evoke the ancient culture of my native town. I like to make the wearers feel like they are wearing a piece of history, just dug out of ancient soil, yet with a contemporary look!
I hand create in precious metals. I start from wires and sheets of silver and gold and use traditional metalsmithing techniques and tools.
I love using fire to alter the structure of silver and change its original texture.
I sometimes look at my piece like a canvas and I use an oxidating liquid solution to brush paint on it to highlight the different metals and textures and complete the design.
I often think of myself as a sculptor and painter at the same time.
The feeling I get from touching raw materials is a prelude to the collaboration between my intentions, materials and tools. The idea is born, I play with it and, ultimately, my new creation is completed.
My training includes many years of classes with master craftsmen in California as well as benchwork with a professional jeweler in Rome.
My company name, LUPA Jewelry, and my logo, the she wolf, represent the millennia of history, culture, and tradition of my origins. The she wolf has been the symbol of Rome since its creation more than 2000 years ago, and LUPA, besides being my initials, is the Italian word for the she wolf.
