RITA SOTO

Cluster Residency Shortlisted Artist | Cluster Jewellery | 2021

CARRUPAKÓ LE KIPA BROOCH | BUY THIS PIECE — CARRUPAKÓ LE KIPA BROOCH | **BUY THIS PIECE**

In 2012 she formed LAJOIA jewelry school.
Between 2014 and 2018, she held the position
of President of JOYABRAVA Association.

"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 jewellery trade that have allowed me to generate a proposal around textile bodies
and wefts…”

Education
2002 Industrial Designer, Metropolitan Technological University, Santiago, Chile.
2011 Cultural Management, University of Chile, Santiago. Chile.
2011 Course: Quality Certification Systems for Crafts. CEDDET-AECID, Spain.

Professional Positions
2002 - Present Artist Jewelry RITA SOTO
2012 – 2020 Founder and teacher at LAJOIA Jewelry School
2008- Present Advice on Design-Crafts projects with government organizations,Chile.
2005-2011 Founding partner VIVEDISEÑO Studio

Rita Soto is a jewellery 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 jewellery trade
from her father.

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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.

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“…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”.

RITA SOTO

In 2012 she formed LAJOIA jewelry school. Between 2014 and 2018, she held the position of President of JOYABRAVA Association.

Rita Soto is a jewellery 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 jewellery trade from her father.

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.

“…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”.

In 2012 she formed LAJOIA jewelry school.
Between 2014 and 2018, she held the position
of President of JOYABRAVA Association.

Rita Soto is a jewellery 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 jewellery trade
from her father.

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.

“…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”.