Paulina Ramirez is an international jewelry designer, having studied art in a wide range of cultural milieus. She was born in Santiago, Chile, where she worked at a young age under the tutelage of some of the most famous Chilean jewelers. Early on she developed a reputation for her refined and exquisite metal work. She works with bold and dramatic lines, creating both abstract and pictorial motifs that are rooted in both her tribal and Spanish South American roots. In many of her designs, you can see the influence of the land and cultural fusion, where craftsmanship and tradition meets in a contemporary aesthetic. Over the past several years, her work has taken on a sparsness, perhaps in context to the vast desert landscapes in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico; where she currently produces her designs, and often to the tunes of Leonard Cohen. In addition to her fine career as a jewelry designer, Paulina has a wide variety interests; from politics, art, poetry and music to installation, sculpture and photography. She also teaches yoga and Ayurvedic medicine.