Mercedes Salazar Joyería

Mercedes Salazar Joyería
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Mercedes Salazar Joyería
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Mercedes Salazar Joyería

With incredible amounts of creativity and talent, Mercedes Salazar’s designs use traditional handcrafted techniques, versatilely combined with the most unusual materials. These beautiful and unique pieces “will connect you to the Universe”, in the designer’s own words. Besides gold, silver, bronze, semiprecious stones, diamonds and emeralds, pips, acrylic, glass, pearls, steel, aluminum, fabric and industrial materials can be found on the different pieces, creating an interesting contrast of light and color which Mercedes skillfully puts together thus creating a jewel that reflects all her love for existence and will never go unnoticed.

Mercedes Salazar was born on June 17th 1975 in Bogota DC, Colombia. She attended the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes’ Craftwork School in Mexico City (2000). Her work is diverse, sophisticated, voluptuous, and always tries to show the two sides of the coin, the balance between lightness and weight, roundness and squareness. To her, opposites are fundamental.

Mercedes Salazar is a young woman who watches what goes on around her and takes inspiration in the everyday life to turn those seconds and words into jewels. She spends the whole day with her artisans creating jewels, exploring and retrieving ancient techniques. Diverse, cheerful and defiant, she does not hesitate in breaking the rules with a profound conviction. The never-ending search for her own roots is the main nourishment of her spirit. Her lines are refined and subtle, and they reflect her admiration for hand-made jewelry.
The Mercedes Salazar Jewelry Company was created seven years ago and its headquarters are located in Bogota, Colombia. It includes boutiques in the stylish Parque de la 93 and the El Retiro Shopping Mall in Bogota, and the historical quarters of Cartagena de Indias, the magical city that was deemed World Heritage by UNESCO. At present, Mercedes Salazar’s work can be found in fine boutiques and distribution points in more tan ten countries around the world, including the United States, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Venezuela, Australia, Japan, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico. This Colombian designer has exhibited her work at local fairs as Expoartesanias, and international trade shows such as ENK - Accesorie Circuit in New York City on its three annual versions, Première Classe Paris, SIMM Madrid and Democircuit Barcelona.

The Company is an active member of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce: www.amchamcolombia.com.co

Elle USA - May 2009 No. 285
Spring Break, with heat-seeking bikinis and sunny cover-ups life´s a day ar the beach. Photographed by Alexey Hay Styled by Joe Zee Elle page 282.
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GLAMOUR - Latinoamérica March 2009
Cartagena: El mejor destino de Colombia. Para ir de Compras: Los almacenes que ofrece Cartagena son variados y para todos los gustos, pero uno de los mejores es la tienda de Mercedes Salazar, una colombiana que ha puesto muy en alto el nombre de su patria haciendo joyas diferentes y muy originales.
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Vogue - May 2009
Vogue - May 2006 Cotto USA 24k gold plated brass 4cm cuff
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Little Burgundy - March 2009
Red and Yellow Stripes Mercedes Salazar finds inspiration within herself and her culture, reflecting her dreams of a new Columbia.
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