Indie Style Guide to Handmade and Vintage: Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist - Maria of Call of Earth

As a beader myself, I truly appreciate the thought Maria has put into her designs and lovingly stitching them into form. In fact, Call of Earth is one of the many inspiring shops that encouraged me to open our shop on Etsy! Her unique and simple designs are enduring through trends and would make a lasting sentimental piece in your life.

~ Make a sublime statement with this silver rain necklace ~

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ISG: Describe yourself in under 50 words.

Maria: My name is Maria. I was born in Kazakhstan in a family of mathematicians however, my love was always something in the creative - like learning to play piano for 14 years. When I was 20, I left everything familiar and emigrated to Israel with just one small bag. It was feeling like I was creating a beginning, for me to say that today I'm 20 years old!

Today, I am a mother of three amazing children, and a wife to a very special man and artist.

~ Simple golden drops of wheat dangling on your lobes ~

ISG: You are person who is very in touch with your inner sensations, how do you process that into your jewelry?

Maria: All my life, I was looking for the inner meaning of all things visible, something that cannot be seen by the eyes, but felt by sensations. Like Albert Einstein said, "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." I just going with my inner sensations when I choose colors, materials, etc.

~ Translucent purple shimmering under the light, simple enigmatic ~

ISG: How would you define your design styles?

Maria: My design styles are very natural - all that I create is related to events that strike me and want to share it. Right now it's “Life is really simple, but we just insist on making it complicated.“ If I remember correctly, it's Confucius. So most of my latest design minimalist and simple.

~ Do hear the winds calling with this Pocahontas earrings? ~

ISG: Describe to us your typical creative process :)

Maria: My creative process is like being in a trance state - like from another person's perspective, like an out of body experience, looking at myself choosing colors and starting the creation. Sometimes, I will research before "dreaming" about something or I listen to music, often with classic music or some song that I wake up with :)