Saulė is “sun” in Lithuanian. This piece is inspired by summers on the Caribbean jungle beaches singing Lithuanian folk songs while my uncles and aunts played guitar.

3 1/2” diameter, 18” adjustable drop

Leather circle, wood frame and oxidized copper tubing

Colors with an asterisk * are made using sustainable synthetic leather

Silver colorway on model

OROPOPO is a husband-and-wife duo who make jewelry, bags and objects in their Albuquerque studio drawing from the iconography of the American Southwest.

Karole's professional background is in architecture and structural engineering. The Oropopo name is from her birthplace on the coast of Venezuela. Grady is a native of New Mexico, a writer, and literary editor; he has specialized in desert literature and its aesthetics. Together, they refine a narrative that associates site and culture with contemporary technology.