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HI, MY NAME IS SONIA-MARTA. I ARRIVED IN PARIS IN 2010 ON MY WAY TO SPAIN AND ENDED UP STAYING. PARIS BECAME MY HOME AND MY GREATEST SCHOOL OF BEAUTY. SURROUNDED BY ART, FASHION, AND ARCHITECTURE, I NEVER STOPPED TRAVELING. THOUSE JOURNEYS HAVE CONTINUED TO SHAPE MY CREATIVE VISION, INSPIRING THE FORMS, TEXTURES, COLORS, AND STORIES BEHIND MY DESIGNS.
THE IDEA OF MAKING JEWELRY CAME TO ME DURING A VIPASSANA MEDITATION RETREAT IN PENANG, MALAYSIA. ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER IMAGINED MYSELF BECOMING A JEWELER, THE CALLING FELT CLEAR AND IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
I ATTENDED MY FIRST JEWELRY CLASS IN NEW YORK IN NOVEMBER 2017 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF JEANETTE K. CAINES. LATER, I CONTINUED MY TRAINING WITH JANUSZ, WHOSE PASSION AND GENEROSITY HAD A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON MY CRAFT.
BACK IN PARIS, I JOINED COLLECTIVE SPRAGUE, WHERE I DEEPENED MY KNOWLEDGE ALONGSIDE TALENTED JEWELERS, SOME OF WHOM HAD WORKED FOR RENOWNED HOUSES SUCH AS CARTIER, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, AND CHANEL.PARIS BECAME MY HOME AND MY GREATEST SCHOOL OF BEAUTY. SURROUNDED BY ART, FASHION, AND ARCHITECTURE, I CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THE WORLD IN SEARCH OF NEW INSPIRATION.
S.A.M.A.
S.A.M.A. WAS BORN FROM A DESIRE TO CREATE OBJECTS WITH SOUL. EACH PIECE IS INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET, THE PLACES I HAVE EXPLORED, AND THE EMOTIONS THAT SHAPE US. FROM MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES AND DESERT HORIZONS TO THE RHYTHM OF CITIES, EVERY JOURNEY LEAVES A TRACE IN MY WORK.
WORKING PRIMARILY WITH SILVER, GOLD, ROUGH STONES, AND CRYSTALS, I AM DRAWN TO THE BEAUTY OF IMPERFECTION, RAW TEXTURES, AND TIMELESS FORMS. MY DESIGNS BALANCE STRENGTH AND DELICACY, MINIMALISM AND CHARACTER.
EVERY PIECE IS HANDMADE IN PARIS, FROM THE FIRST SKETCH TO THE FINAL FINISH. MORE THAN JEWELRY, I SEE MY CREATIONS AS SMALL TALISMANS—OBJECTS THAT CARRY STORIES, MEMORIES, AND EMOTIONS.
S.A.M.A. IS CREATED FOR FREE SPIRITS, FOR THE DREAMERS, THE SEEKERS, AND THOSE WHO STILL BELIEVE IN BEAUTY, KINDNESS, AND HUMANITY.
IN A WORLD OF NOISE, CONSUMPTION, AND DIVISION, MY WORK IS AN INVITATION TO SLOW DOWN, TO FEEL, TO CONNECT, AND TO REMEMBER WHAT TRULY MATTERS.
S.A.M.A. IS CREATED WITH RESPECT FOR PEOPLE, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND THE PLANET. MY HOPE IS TO CREATE PIECES THAT WILL BE CHERISHED, WORN, AND PASSED ON FOR YEARS TO COME.