I am a contemporary jewellery artist working from my home based studio at Auckland. My work is inspired by creatures that normally makes me uncomfortable, like snails and a huge lot of bugs. I'm fascinated about them but also can't get very close, that is why I bring these shapes into my jewellery, I like to think it is a kind of therapy.
I grew up in Brazil, in a big city with not so many interesting creatures, and I believe that my choice of materials are related to my home town, where quite often, for a piece to be called jewellery, it needs to have a precious material. So I am always mixing it up different medias to silver or gold.
Get in touch for any enquires, and have a look at my Instagram page if you want to know more about my work: @dantasjewellery

Thank you,
Renata Dantas