I love that there are certain words with no direct equivalents in other languages. This collection is named after a Portuguese and Galician term that is a common fixture in the literature and music of Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde and beyond. The concept has many definitions, including a melancholy nostalgia for something that perhaps has not even happened. It often carries an assurance that this thing you feel nostalgic for will never happen again. The word came to my attention at a time when I was trying to verbalize how I felt about my childhood home and family situations surrounding it. It was the first time I deeply felt that I was unable to accurately describe the emotion I was experiencing. Enter ::: SAUDADE.

Variscite eco-mined in NV paired with yellow bronze castings of a gilled polypore mushrooms dangling from oxidized brass chains

silver backplates, bezels and argentium silver posts + backs

3.5” long