Filigree for Dummies

One of the most famous souvenirs from Cordoba is the traditional silver filigree jewellery. You can see an example of it in the first photo, a butterfly brooch sold at our store. However, filigree doesn’t have to be that delicate. Let me show you a simple technique on how to make filigree-looking jewellery with endless possibilities.

Meet a Customer!

The young woman in the picture is Zhang Yang from Beijing, China.
She was visiting Cordoba, stopped by AGAVANZA, and immediately fell in love with our Honey necklace.
I think the necklace looks great on Zhang Yang, so I took her picture and asked if I could put it on the blog to show you.

You can see more about the Honey necklace here

It’s Harvest Time!

What you see here are some of my little sunflowers. I started out making a prototype in silver. I then had the mould made and ended up with 60! In this photo they are fresh out of the oven, literally! Some will be earrings, some will be necklaces and some will be charms. But they will all be part of the Seasons Collection, which will soon be available online. Before that, I have to clean and polish each sunflower individually and give them a few drops of black and yellow enamel, to give them the colour they need to become true flowers!

Introducing SAVIAVIVA

Organic skin care? Yes, please! Having been a loyal customer of SAVIAVIVA for years, I’m excited to tell you that their skin care products are now available at our store on Deanes!

SAVIAVIVA is located just outside Cordoba city, and the ladies behind the name are experts on the beneficial effects of olive oil (on the outside as well as on the inside!), and use organic extra virgin olive oil from Cordoba in practically all their products. And let me tell you, the Nutritive body oil is the best skin care product I have ever tried! Its fragrance is out of this world and long-lasting without being overpowering.
But why go on and on, when you can check out the products yourselves here: www.saviaviva.net

Meet Ambrosio!

I love amber! It is easy to work with and the colours are spectacular!
When polishing this piece of amber, I suddenly noticed a dark spot. It turned out to be some kind of insect, which was unfortunate enough to get stuck in a sticky spot some years back…
I bought this piece of amber from my regular dealer on the Danish west coast. He checks all the amber before selling it, as he collects the pieces with insects in them. Well, he sure missed this one!
I googled this sci-fi looking creature and I’m fairly sure that what we have here is a cicada larvae. But it doesn’t matter what kind of species Ambrosio is. He’s ours and we’re not selling (in case you were wondering!)

Alcázar by Night...

We’re under Construction!

Our website has been very quiet for a while, and I promised some of you that a change was coming and that this year, more jewellery would be made available to those of you not able to come all the way (back) to Córdoba.
We are currently working on improving our website, to make it easier for you to navigate on the AGAVANZA site, and to offer you a much larger selection to choose from! In the future, our jewellery will be presented in 3 different lines:
AGAVANZA Collections
This line contains collections with different themes. Original pieces at affordable prices, designed and handmade by yours truly.
AGAVANZA One of a Kind
Within this line, every single piece is unique and usually manufactured using more expensive and/or rare vintage materials. You will recognize these signature pieces by a small oxidized silver A, which is your guarantee that your piece of jewellery is unique (see photo below).
AGAVANZA Proudly presents…
This line includes the silver pieces that I have not made, but that we sell in the store on Deanes in Córdoba. Some of them are amongst our bestsellers, so we wanted to give those of you who can’t make it all the way to Córdoba a chance to see them as well.
I will keep you updated on our progress here on the blog, and I hope you will be able to explore the new AGAVANZA website in a near future!