COUP de COEUR ! Lorena Lazard (Mexico) – HEART embraces the whole existence

« I was born and raised in Mexico from a second generation of Jewish immigrants. I grew up surrounded by images and symbols which I couldn’t relate to. By combining traditional images and figurative elements from Mexican culture, in a contemporary form, I try to integrate a common ground between my past and my present.
My work is an internal search from a religious and a secular sphere. Through my jewelry I question existence. I intend to do this by reflecting on the equilibrium of the opposites. The heart embraces the whole of existence, life and death, presence and absence, love and hate, good and evil, happiness and sadness, passion and despair, faith and disbelieve. « 

Lorena Lazard – body piece ‘With Each Pulse’ 2009 Macrame cord, nickel, silver

‘In Seclusion’ – fabricated pendant – 2004 – sterling, 14K gold bimetal, brass

 » The heart embraces the whole of existence, life and death, presence and absence, love and hate, good and evil, happiness and sadness, passion and despair, faith and disbelief. It is only through the search of this equilibrium that we can exist.
Today, my work is an internal search from a religious and a secular sphere. Through my jewelry I question existence. I intend to do this by reflecting on the equilibrium. The heart embraces the whole of existence, life and death, presence and absence, love and hate, good and evil, happiness and sadness, passion and despair, faith and disbelief. It is only through the search of this equilibrium that we can exist.« 

 Lorena Lazard – brooch ‘Public and Private’ Sterling, pure sliver, 14k gold bimetal, ruby

Survival vest – detail- Sterling, copper, steel

Lorena Lazard – pendant « Spinning Heart » Sterling, pure silver, 24Kt gold, copper, acrylic paint