A natural look in Solomeo, Umbria

Solomeo is an idyllic town in the Umbrian countryside of Italy.
Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli has been restoring this medieval hamlet, where his eponymous company is located, for the past 30 years. He has refurbished the town’s 14th-century castle (which is now a school to preserve the traditions and crafts of the village), the Church of St. Bartholomew, and built a nearby winery and a theater.
Every time I go back to my parents’ home - located just 10 minutes car ride from Solomeo, I find the time to visit this unique medieval town. Here, I am walking just behind the Church, wearing my own jewelry and a Lemuria dress.

Maddalena Bearzi wearing a Lemuria dress and her own jewelry in Solomeo, Italy

The inspiring stories of Voyage LA

I got recently interviewed by Sid Reddy of Voyage LA, a magazine covering the best of LA - from freelance artists that will dazzle you to the best Meetup groups in town. Sid called me about a piece for their "Inspiring Stories" series. A couple of weeks later... this came out! You can read the entire interview here.

An interview for Voyage LA about my one of a kind organic jewelry

How do I stay inspired?

"How do you stay inspired?" This is one of the questions that Brett from IAMTHELAB asked me during an interview about my jewelry work. My answer was: "All my pieces are inspired by the natural world and I find sources of creativity everywhere around me. I don’t need to go hiking or be out at sea with large whales to let my imagination go wild. I can just walk my dog near my home in Los Angeles and find inspiration in a piece of bark coming off a tree, a dead leaf on the ground or a lizard “sunbathing” on a rock." Interested in seeing some pics and read the full interview? Just click here.

An interview with IAMTHELAB about my handmade, one-of-a-kind jewelry and my life as a scientist

Inspired by the moon

"The moon lives in the lining of your skin, " wrote Pablo Neruda. These two handmade lunare rings take inspiration from the beautiful celestial body that orbits our planet Earth. The rings are one of a kind and integral part of my "pianeta" jewelry collection. 

This statement "lunare" rings are handmade in reclaimed silver and gold

I scored!

Isn’t this Baharal + Gnida brooch beautiful? I found it in a small second-hand shop in West Los Angeles. The piece was hiding, lost under a pile of junk trinkets… I was lucky to see it.

Talya Baharal and Gene Gnida are a married couple working together exploring sculptural form as jewelry. Talya is from Israel and began her collaboration with Gene in the late 1980’s.  Their artistic language blended instantly.  Their work has been featured in galleries and in Elle, Vogue, Bazaar and The New York Times. Baharal + Gnida jewelry is amazing, especially some of the pieces within the “Urban Landscape” and “Residue” series, inspired by the streets of Pittsburgh. Everything is hand-formed and made of silver - like this brooch - or bronze, copper and steel.

Baharal + Gnida brooch

signatures on back

Exciting collaboration with I AM THE LAB

Just became a LAB Partner! Read here what I AM THE LAB has to say about my jewelry.

Hope you'll enjoy this interview with I AM THE LAB