Rita Soto
Jeweller
Published: 26.08.2020
gmail.comBrooch: Parasite N|7, 2020
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico silicone thread, silk thread, silver, steel.
10 x 6 x 6 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Existential Parasite
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Bracelet: Micro landscape N|3, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico.
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Micro landscape
Quiltra Bracelet details.
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Brooch: Parasite N|12, 2020
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, nylon thread, silver, steel.
20 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Existential Parasite
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Brooch: Parasite N|22, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver, steel.
12 x 5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Existential Parasite
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Brooch: N8, 2019
Horsehair, silver thread, Tampico vegetable fiber, patinated silver, brilliant, stainless steel.
14 x 8 x 6 cm
From series: Existential Parasitism
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Brooch: Parasite Amoeba I, 2019
Horse hair, tampico fibre, paint, patinated silver.
12 x 5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Nicolas Nadjar
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Necklace: Quiltra I, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, copper thread.
120 x 20 x 20 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Quiltra
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Bracelet: Quiltra II, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico.
14 x 14 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Quiltra
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Bracelet: Micro landscape N|3, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico.
14 x 14 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Micro landscape
Quiltra Bracelet details.
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Necklace: Pomegranate, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver chain.
6 x 6 x 4 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Pomegranate
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Necklace: Micro landscape N|1, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico.
6 x 6 x 4 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Micro landscape
Pomegranate Necklace details.
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Necklace: Butterfly, 2019
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver chain, silver.
18 x 11 x 1 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Butterfly
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Necklace: Mandragora, 2018
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, copper chain.
20 x 6 x 6 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Existential Parasite
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Brooch: Parasite N|1, 2018
Horsehair, copper thread, silver.
18 x 6 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Existential Parasite
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Brooch: Parasito 1, 2018
Horse hair, tampico vegetable fiber, silver, stainless steel.
3.5 x 14 x 4.5 cm
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Necklace: Lechuguilla parsite 1, 2018
Woven horsehair, nylon, copper thread, chain of copper, micro-basketry in horsehair.
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Brooch: Visceral Realism, 2018
Woven horsehair, tampico fiber, silver, steel.
15 x 5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Federica Cioccoloni
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Brooch: Wild Parasitism, 2018
Horse Hair, copper wire, oxidized silver.
18 x 6 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
Awarded at: 2nd Latin American Contemporary Jewellery Biennial 2018
Micro weaving with horse hair and copper wire.
Wild Parasitism is the way of life of “Existential Parasites”. They live at the expense of other species, feeding from them without killing them, creating an absurd dependence and complicity among the parasite and the host.
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Brooch: Visceral Realism 1, 2017
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver, steel.
16 x 4.5 x 5 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
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Brooch: Folds of memory 1 y 2, 2017
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver, steel.
8 x 8 x 6 cm and 14 x 7 x 6 cm
Photo by: Loewe Foundation
From series: Folds of memory
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Brooch: Folds of Memory, 2017
Horsehair, vegetal fiber, copper, stainless steel, silver.
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Ring: Folds of memory, 2017
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver.
5 x 4 x 4 cm
Photo by: Rita Soto
From series: Folds of memory
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Brooch: Refuge I, 2016
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver, steel.
8 x 6 x 6 cm
Photo by: Maria Cirano
From series: Refuge
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Rita SotoBrooch: Refuge II, 2016
Horsehair, vegetable fiber tampico, silver, steel.
8 x 8 x 6 cm
Photo by: Maria Cirano
From series: Refuge
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Rita is a jewelry artist living in Santiago, Chile. She studied Industrial Design and Cultural Management in Santiago. She worked collaborating on various Crafts and Design projects. Since 2002 she has learned the jewelry trade from her father. In 2012 she formed LAJOIA jewelry school. Between 2014 and 2018, she held the position of President of JOYABRAVA Association. She has developed a deep work of relevance to the micro basketry technique, researching, experimenting and generating pieces that stand out for their innovation and sensitivity. LOEWE Craft Prize 2018 Finalist.
Statement
My work comes from the search for a language of its own and from textile experimentation, working for many years with natural fibers and traditional basketry techniques from my country, added to the knowledge of the jewelry trade that have allowed me to generate a proposal around textile bodies and wefts. Creating biomorphic objects, textile creatures that dialogue between the organic and the poetic, weaving identities, interweaving imaginary. Transforming these objects into pieces of art jewelry.CV 
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