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From 2014 until now, Elena started a new jewelry brand with her twin sister, Isabel Moncada: "CUATA jewelry" in which the guiding thread of her work is duality, expressing the polarity of her personalities, which, by joining, They complement each other. Together they experiment with natural materials such as bone, deer horn, horsehair, among others.
STATEMENT OF ART:From 2014 until now, Elena started a new jewelry brand with her twin sister, Isabel Moncada: "CUATA jewelry" in which the guiding thread of her work is duality, expressing the polarity of her personalities, which, by joining, They complement each other. Together they experiment with natural materials such as bone, deer horn, horsehair, among others.
I am focused on the concept, and transmitting my ideas from my own poetic language. It is in my DNA, the love of change, and constant transformation; growth, the endless development of my job, which seeks to make the materials speak its own
language in communion with my own.
It is very exciting to me, working with natural materials, that gives the earth: metals, stones, wood, bone, horn and leather, which have the possibility of transforming without changing its essence; only to highlight its beauty and express the intrinsic value of its antiquity on the planet.
Metals have the beautiful quality of transforming into what we want because they are noble and project strength, I am interested in metals and their alchemy, that is an ancient practice and a philosophical discipline that combines elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, Astrology, mysticism and art. On the spiritual level of alchemy, alchemists had to transmute their own soul before transforming metals, they had to be purified, prepared by prayer and fasting.
The precious stones took so long to form and in such extreme conditions of nature that, they managed to be rare and beautiful, with colors, reflections, sparkles and impressive shades.
Bone, horn and leather remind us that we are part of the animal kingdom; they are part of us and were the first materials that man used to adorn his body and to create the first utilitarian objects that gave rise to the development and transformation of humanity.
Each one of my pieces, is made using traditional and ancestral jewelry techniques; one of the most beautiful and oldest trades of humanity.
For me, making a jewel is an artistic expression, it is a communication form, It is the opportunity to know my own way of perceiving the world through my work.
When somebody acquire one of my pieces, It is identifying with my essence, Is somebody who like my work and recognize it. It is an honor for me, to share my joy and satisfaction of living with that person. So personal and intimate, it is for me to make a piece of jewelry. It is what give me momentum to continue doing each of my pieces with love and dedication; They are jewels made by people and are for each person. They are not industrial parts and will never be industrializable, nor commercial. They are timeless and perennial pieces.
My work is seeking to become an important part in the lives of the people who carry them, to charge them with their own energy and make them their own, like a talisman. That's why I make them with natural materials because they are receptive and energetic.
ORGANIZATION:
CUATA jewelry
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Arts teacher Education, research, training
EDUCATION:
1987, Industrial Designer, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, UAG, GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
EXPERIENCE:
2020 Jewelry workshop teacher at University ITESO, (Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Occidente) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO
2014-2020 "CUATA jewelry" brand development in collaboration with Isabel Moncada, designing jewelry collections and cofounding their own design studio and jewelry workshop at "Glassford Moncada" . GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.
2010-2014 Jewelry designer at "Lior Industries" (NICE) designing series production jewelry, GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.
2010 Jewelry workshops, teaching to women of limited resources within the “Women on the Tequila Route Program" organized and sponsored by the "Generalitat de Catalunya", "The Tequila Regulatory Council" and "Casa Cuervo". TEQUILA, JALISCO, MEXICO.
2008-2010 Jewelry workshops at "A2 Manos", Arts and Crafts School. Teaching classes and intensive courses of jewelry for adults. Also summer courses of jewelry for children. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.
2007-2009 Freelance designer for "Elja Jewelry" designing unique pieces made with gold and diamonds. GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
2003 Design and manufacture, in collaboration with Isabel Moncada, of a unique piece chandelier for "Thierry Blouette bar at Café de los Artistas" in PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO.
1998 Design a jewelry line for "TERAL Orfebres", by "Grupo Peñoles" Mining Co., MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
1990 Working as an apprentice jeweler at "Citlali", silver jewelry. GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO
1988 Creation of "Elena Moncada designer studio and jewelry workshop" developig the brand "Lagartijas" jewelry made with alpaca, brass, resin and semiprecious stones. GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
EVENTS:
2019 Exhibition of jewels on the runway show "MBFWMX, Mercedez Benz Fashion Week México" in colaboration with mexican designers Julia & Renata Franco, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
2018 Exhibition of jewels on the runway show "Fashion in Motion" in colaboration with mexican designer Carla Fernández, at the Victoria & Albert Museum. LONDON, UK.
2005 Exhibition of jewels on the catwalk for the Female Sessions event, for the benefit of the CIMA Foundation for the fight against breast cancer. GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1993 Special guest for demonstration of jewelry making and exhibition of her own work at the XX World Mining Congress, by the Association of Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico, A. C. (AIMMGM). ACAPULCO, MEXICO.
1992 Special guest for demonstration of jewelry making and exhibition of her own work of Expo Joya ‘92 by the Mexican Jewelry Association (AMEFJO). GUADALAJARA MEXICO.
AWARDS:
2004 Second Prize, category “Professional Experienced Designers". XVI National Jewelery Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1999 "Silver Goddess Award", -First Absolute Prize-, awarded to the best piece of the XI National Jewelery Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
2001 First Prize, category "Unique Pieces". XIII National Contest of Jewelry by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1997 First Prize, category "Silver". XIII National Jewelry Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1997 Second Prize, category "Silver". XIII National Jewelry Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1994 First Prize, category "Silver". VI National Jewelery Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
1994 First Prize, category "Various Materials". VI National Jewelery Contest by CRIJPEJ (Cámara regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
PRESS APPEARANCES:
https://www.vogue.fr/defiles/mexico-city-printemps
-ete-2020/julia-y-renata
https://www.vogue.de/fashion-shows/mexico-city-fru
hjahr-sommer-2020/julia-y-renata
https://www.vogue.es/pasarelas/mexico-city-primave
ra-verano-2020/julia-y-renata/slideshow/collection
/1
https://revista192.com/juliayrenata-primavera-20/
https://www.vogue.mx/pasarelas/mexico-city-primave
ra-verano-2020/julia-y-renata
https://grazia.mx/julia-y-renata-se-inspiraron-en-
la-sierra-tarahumara-para-su-nueva-coleccion/
https://frontonmexico.com.mx/fashion-week-mexico-p
rimavera-verano-2020/
https://mx.fashionnetwork.com/news/La-dupla-julia-
y-renata-va-por-dos-nuevas-ediciones-de-albergue-t
ransitorio,1160732.html
https://meowmag.mx/la-fuerza-del-pensamiento-y-el-
vestido-julia-y-renata-pv20/
https://www.factoryfashionmexico.com/single-post/J
uliayRenataPV2020
https://www.pinterest.es/one1teh/spring-2020-ready
-to-wear/julia-renata-spring-2020/
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/fashion-in-motion-c
arla-fernandez
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Kd2P46ok/fashion-in-mo
tion-carla-fernandez
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZum4AFNkF/?utm_sourc
e=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/cuatajewelry/?hl=es-la
https://plataformalocal.com/2018/02/28/cuata-jewel
ry/
https://setlistmx.com/colaboraciones/todo-accesori
o-es-importante-y-cuata-jewelry-nos-muestra-los-su
yos/
https://style.shockvisual.net/joyeria-moda-mimosas
-inauguracion-del-nuevo-punto-venta-cuata-jewelry-
en-la-cdmx/
http://larevistamujer.com/guia-de-regalos-de-la-re
vista-mujer/collar-mueijca-cuata-jewelry-3/
https://www.nextlevelfairs.com/artpalmbeach/artist
s/Cuata_Jewelry
https://gramho.com/explore-hashtag/glassfordmoncad
a
http://www.atalayadf.com/exhibitors
https://www.webstagramsite.com/tag/atalayadf
https://onefouronemagazine.blog/2019/10/22/julia-y
-renata-mbfwmx-pv20/
https://www.instagram.com/glassfordmoncada/
https://www.instagram.com/nave.coyote/
https://ag47joyeria.com/collections/cuata-jewelry
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Spanish, (Near Native)
English (Pre-Intermediate|Beginner)
COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2009 "Encontrando tu ADN" by Ricard Domingo, CRIJPEJ (Cámara Regional de la Industria de Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco) GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
2009 Tercer Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Plateros, ZACATECAS, MÉXICO.
2008 Congreso DIME V2.0 “Promover el diseño como motor del desarrollo nacional” Acapulco, México, a cargo de Rhinoceros Training & Education, ACAPULCO, MEXICO.
2008 Taller de Rhino Gold para modelado 3D de Joyería impartido durante el Congreso DIME V2.0, ACAPULCO, MEXICO.
Taller básico de Rhinoceros para modelado, impartido en el Centro de Diseño de Joyería (CEDIJ). GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
1995 Primer Simposio de Tecnología Aplicada para la industria de la Joyería de Oro, a cargo del Consejo Mundial del Oro (WGC). GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
1994 Cámara Regional de la Industria de la Joyería y Platería del Estado de Jalisco, GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO.
HOBBIES:
"Speed walking", "Mountain trekking", "Music lover", "Dancing".
WEB SITE:
https://www.cuatajewelry.com
PORTFOLIO URL:
https://www.cuatajewelry.com
RSS URL:
https://www.cuatajewelry.com
REGISTRATION DATE:
2020-02-17 05:56:02
COUNTRY/REGION:
Mexico
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
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