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Venessa Arizaga Open Studio
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'Let It Rain' necklace, $315
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'Supernova' bracelet, $125; “My favorite pieces are the friendship bracelets. These are like, my youth and my identity and growing up and making friendship bracelets."
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'Eclipse' necklace, $575
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“My jewelry is very different from what’s out there. I make some things from wax, and we hand-carve it and then make a mold of it. But then I also have vendors that I work with really closely in Peru and Mexico to make my own little charms that are hand-p
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'Supernova' bracelet, $125
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“I’ve been donating a lot; my mother goes to this church and they have Sunday school class and I give them all my leftovers. They LOVE it. They make the craziest stuff.”
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'Supernova' necklace, $295
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'Mix Tape' bracelet, $55
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'Third Eye' necklace, $150; 'Acid Heart' necklace, $150
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'Corny' bracelet, $55; 'Honey Bunny' bracelet, $55
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'Bombshell' bracelet, $55; 'I'm a Nut' bracelet, $55
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“Thank god for art class, because I’d be a different person.”
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“This (top center) is a beautiful Victorian piece that I just love. I have this book I got at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Those (top right) are milagros from Latin America. They’re little tiny charms that can be legs, or hands or ears. So if
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'Rainbow Family' necklace, $185
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"These are either going to be individual pearls or long dangly earrings. We hand-painted them, then we put heavy resin on them which dries flat. It’s a three-week process. Every production is a nightmare—in a good way.”