The story behind our Collections
We confess that we
are deeply in love with our share of the eastern side of the Hispaniola Island,
the Dominican Republic, its land, mountains, rivers, beaches, flora and fauna,
and the authenticity of our people.
When we started
knowing our unique Larimar stone, which mimics our Caribbean blue sea waters
and clear blue sky, also frequently adorned with white clouds, so well, we fell
in love with this Dominican national stone and decided to share this beauty, in
our Dominican style, with the world!
The reasons that
encouraged us to move forward with our Larimar project was the fact that our
Larimar stone is offered many times abroad, omitting the truth that this stone
is found and mined only in the Dominican Republic and at the same time the
publicity of some well known Larimar designers/vendors, telling that they get
the best quality of Larimar so that the low grade quality is left in the
Dominican Republic for us to use! Also they have underestimated the Dominican craftsmanship
and creativity to expose the beauty of Larimar with jewelry that makes it
shine!
Contrary to the
jewelry artisans, for example, of Mexico, Indonesia, India who learned their
skills through many, many generations, our Dominican jewelry artisans hopped
into this art approx. end of the sixties, and in the eighties a jewelry school was
established in the city of Puerto
Plata, with the aid of the Dominican Development Agency, “Fundacion Dominicana
de Desarrollo”, as well as the efforts made by Miguel Mendez (the rediscoverer
of the Larimar stone and who named it ) to prepare jewelers and traders of this unique stone. Nowadays there
are several schools and projects to teach jewelry art, which has resulted in
better prepared and skilled jewelry artisans. During the visit last year of our
actual Dominican president Danilo Medina to the Larimar mines, it was decided
to give the Larimar miners and artisans financial and technical assistance to
improve their work
In view of the
above exposure, we decided to create our own Larimar collection to make clear
that we count with excellent craftsmanship and creative jewelry artisans who
can design and make wonderful pieces to display the uniqueness of our Larimar
stone and please the different preferences!
To honor the
regions and surroundings of the mountain range Bahoruco in the Province of
Barahona, where the Larimar stone is mined, we have decided to use the names of
the different towns and places therein.
MENA Collection, named
after Mena town, located in the province of Bahoruco (or Baoruco), southwest of
the Province of Barahona!
The MENA Collection
was created to obtain a fresh and modern appearance to exalt the beauty of the
blue Larimar stone in stylish 925 silver settings!
The MENA pendant,
MENA earrings and MENA bracelet will add a “something” special, a delightful
touch to women’s look!
UVILLA Collection, named
after Uvilla town, located in the province of Bahoruco (or Baoruco), southwest
of the province of Barahona
The UVILLA Collection is an exquisite, elegant design that gives a flash of blue bling to
those women who love to wear eye-catching pieces to enhance their femininity!
We are also
creating within this collection a variety of UVILLA pendants, necklaces, earrings,
rings and bracelets to allow our customers to acquire their UVILLA piece with
more or less Larimar stones!
MONSERRAT
Collection, named after Monserrat, a small town also located in the province of
Bahoruco (or Baoruco), southwest of the province of Barahona
The MONSERRAT Collection aims to give the Larimar beads its full glance, combined with Mother
of Pearl, creating pristine designs for an appealing, natural touch to womens
final outfit!
These collections
are the beginning of a new challenge for our strive to place our Dominican
Larimar jewelry in a higher position, showing the world that Dominican jewelry
artisans and designers have learned the art of making stunning pieces, letting
our national Larimar stone shine by its own!
