Eduar­do Lapeti­na writes, “I want my spaces to be paint­ed with­out inten­tion, with­out con­scious tech­nique, with­out any­thing that might inter­fere with the con­nec­tions I seek to cre­ate. I do not want to keep a tra­di­tion. I am not look­ing for beau­ty, but the view­er might find it in my art. My work is not about any par­tic­u­lar theme or motif, it is about con­vey­ing the imma­te­r­i­al through mate­ri­al­i­ty. My aim is to project ener­gy, visu­al vibra­tions, light, voic­es, excite­ment, and enthusiasm–captured in a phys­i­cal form that you can take home with you.”

Work­ing with ster­ling sil­ver and stones, Ari­an­na Bara describes the inspi­ra­tion for her new work, “Some of my favorite designs are inspired by ancient art, by peo­ple we know lit­tle about whose lives were lived in rhythm with the sea­sons and who revered the earth as a sacred moth­er. They carved and paint­ed fig­ures, ani­mals and oth­er sym­bols into cave walls, stand­ing stones and tem­ples. They cre­at­ed grand large-scale carv­ings and small mod­est ones that have been dis­cov­ered buried in hearths and grain bins. Much is unknown about these ear­ly peo­ples but the whis­pers and echoes of their lives fas­ci­nate me.”