18 October 2016
Jewelry biodiversity
In her latest collection, “Chromatic Paradise”, the Mexican designer Daniela Villegas celebrates the fauna of her country, which represents 12% of the world’s biodiversity. Here we find axolotls, an endemic salamander, rubbing shoulders with frogs, beetles or porcupines all reinterpreted with flair, humor and fantasy.
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The beetle is composed of several rings made of gold, emeralds, sapphires and amethysts
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Baby octopus made of gold, diamonds, spinel and pearl
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Axolotl bracelet made of gold, Mexican opal, rhodolite, garnet, sapphires and amethyst
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"Columpio" necklace made of gold, tourmalines and tsavorites
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Opal frog, on a ring made of gold and spinels
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Real beetle surrounded by prehnites
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Earrings made of gold, emeralds, tourmaline and porcupine
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Caterpillar pendant made of gold, bicolor tourmaline and green sapphires
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