Opening the Conversation

I’ve been wanting to open this blog for a while. Unlike a quick post or story, this feels like a space for a deeper connection—a slower conversation about why I do what I do.

Jewellery might seem unnecessary. It doesn’t keep us warm or feed us. Yet for more than 100,000 years, humans have made and worn it everywhere on the planet. Like art, it has always carried memory, identity, and meaning.

That’s what fascinates me: finding something essential in something that seems so optional. A piece of jewellery can express who you are, protect you like a talisman, or carry love—whether it’s given by someone else or chosen for yourself.

This is why I believe jewellery must have a soul. To be made with love and attention. To choose design and material carefully, so the piece carries something beyond itself.

My path as a jewellery maker began years ago in Peru, where I first trained as a silversmith. But the roots of my designs are a reflection of my life and all the countries I have lived in—shaped by experiences and the cultures I’ve discovered along the way.

Over time, I found my own style through the techniques I was learning—and with it, my values. Working small allows for care. Conscious practices bring honesty to each piece. Community brings joy and a sense of belonging. And authenticity matters most: my designs don’t need to please everyone—uniqueness is the point. The world is full of colours and shapes, and that’s what makes it alive and interesting.

WARA DESIGNS exists at that meeting point: objects not about consumption, but connection.

This blog is my way of opening the studio doors a little wider. If you’ve found your way here, I hope it offers more than jewellery—I hope it offers resonance.