One of my main sources of inspiration is architecture. I love travelling, and wherever I go, I always snap pictures of interesting shapes, be they buildings, sculptures, wind vanes, or just tiny decorative details. These snapshots transform into pieces of jewelry - sometimes a direct translation, sometimes a variation on a theme.

Do you have a favorite building, a meaningful place? Shoot me a picture, and I'll design a piece of jewelry commemorating it.

These are some pictures of projects I'm working on now.

One of two Martin Puryear’s magnificent pylons, framing waterfront near World Financial Center in New York. These two pylons are a reference to two columns that greet visitors in Venice grand water entrance.

A cute wind vane near Secession Building in Vienna. 

Greywacke Arch, Central Park, New York. I love the wrought iron design on that little bridge. And it really gets interesting when you start adding rows or bending them.

Sometimes, several items serve as an inspiration for a single piece. Here's the examples of various cubes - such a simple, yet powerful shape in somewhat unexpected settings. 

The first picture is Cube House in Rotterdam (after the heart of Rotterdam was almost completely destroyed by the bombing during  the World War II, it became a playground for modern architecture  and has some very interesting buildings). The second picture is Alamo, or The Cube, a sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, located on Astor Place in New York. 

Killagha Abbey of Our Lady of Bello Loco, also called Kilcolman Abbey, is a ruined Augustinian abbey in County Kerry, Ireland. 

A random building in London. Honestly, have no idea what that is, but I love the shape of the silvery roof. Would make a nice necklace or earrings, with a stone or two hanging down.

A ‘Double Oval’ sculpture by Henry Moore in Hong Kong.

A window detail of an Art-deco building in Budapest.