Sara Beltran's Deszo

I recently discovered Sara Beltran's gorgeous line of jewelry, Deszo. The Texas-born, Juarez-bred artist now calls Jaipur and Mumbai home (we're meeting in February when I'm in India) and she offered me some insight into her creative process and inspiration.
TSS: Why is your line called Deszo.

SB: It's Latin for desire. Every woman desires something!

TSS: How did you decide to move halfway across the world?

SB: I used to live in New York for the last 12 years and I was kind of over it! I started designing and producing in New York. Then my friend Maximiliano Modesti who lives in Mumbai invited me last October to come to India and produce there. He is a big mentor in my life and he told me "you have no idea what you would make once you come to India" and he was right, my line made a huge jump.
TSS: What inspires you?

SB: The ocean! I love the ocean. A lot of the pieces are shells I pick from the ocean and then I make a mold and then I cast them in gold. Now I'm discovering the stone world in Jaipurand I'm doing my own carved stones. Colors are always inspired by the ocean.

TSS: What do you miss about Mexico?

SB: I've been away for so long that I got used to being everywhere. I travel a lot! And what I miss the most is my family but I do go a lot to visit them.

TSS: What are you favorite pieces from Deszo?

SB: All, everytime I make a new piece I want to keep them all. Sometimes poeple want to buy things right off me but I can't ever let go of my first pieces! Its hard. I fall in love which each single one since I put all into every piece.

TSS: Where can we buy Deszo?

SB: Seaside Luxe in Hawaii. 808.325.4702

xx, kr