Why I Started Making Jewelry (The Part I Never Actually Said)

I didn't start making jewelry because of a romantic dream.
Not out of passion.
And not even by a sudden vocation.

The truth is, I was short of breath.

I felt trapped in a moment of my life that I no longer recognized.
Every day was tough.
Every choice seemed pointless.
Every economic possibility was slipping away.

And when you can't really breathe anymore, you start to dig.
You're looking for a way out.
You seek oxygen, money, space, freedom—all at once.

The first push was economic. To be blunt.

I needed a way out.
I needed a way to rebuild my autonomy, to not feel dependent, stuck, small.

I was looking for a job … and instead I found a way to live .

Because as I tried to put my present in order, I began to create.

And something happened there .

While I was looking for money, I found air.

The first time I picked up the pliers and started working on a wire, I had a precise feeling:
I breathe here.

It wasn't a hobby.
It was a refuge.
The only place where chaos subsided and everything became simple, clean, possible.

While I was creating, for a few hours I stopped feeling the weight of the life around me.
The noise was getting lower.
The head slowed down.
The body was melting.

It was like opening a window after months of stale air.

And suddenly, I felt alive.

So yes: it all started out of necessity. But it continued out of freedom.

Why put together materials, colors, shapes…
It helped me put myself back together too.

Every jewel was an attempt.
Every attempt was a step.
Every step was an extra breath.

And slowly, that breath became a road.

It wasn't "following a dream." It was saving myself.

And that's where it all started.

The laboratory.
The first order.
The first client who told me “she represents me”.
The first time I realized that I wasn't just selling: I was giving breath to someone who maybe needed it as much as I did.

Why do I still continue today?

Because creating jewelry is still my form of freedom.
It's my financial autonomy, yes—but it's also my emotional autonomy.

It's my way of reminding myself that I can be reborn whenever life gets too tight.

It's my oxygen.
And if even just one of my creations can become a breath of fresh air for another woman…then I know I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do.

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