Artisan and adventurer Zivile Pupinyte creates wearable art for daring women. Using exotic stones and natural materials, Zivile's meticulous handiwork and lucid creative process has yielded an eclectic collection of jewelry that is both fashionable and refreshingly unique. Her pieces lend adventurous spirit to haute couture. Moving to Philadelphia from her native Vilnius, Lithuania six years ago, Zivile has traveled all over the world accompanied by a fascination with natural materials and a passion for crafting jewelry honed in her childhood. Zivile's process begins in a dream, finding inspiration in the shapes and colors that come to her in her sleep. Wide awake, she sets to work, arranging precious stones and weaving silver and precious metals to recreate the vision that came to her in her the night before. With no vision for the final project, without patterns or plans, she works until the individual creation tells her it is complete. Zivile's creations stones use zebra jasper, carnelian, jade, garnets, labradorite, amber, seashells- anything she's acquired in her travels. She also uses leather, distinctive fabric and lace. Zivile takes her inspiration from architecture juxtaposed with natural forms like plants and stone formations. Much of her jewelry is created with the intention that the piece be transformable- that what is a necklace one day can be rethought and rearranged as a belt the next. She makes each piece by hand, and plays with the different ways it could be worn to blend seamlessly into a garment or outfit or stand out alone as focal point. Zivile constantly travels, always on the lookout for new and unusual materials to add to her repertoire. Her pieces can be found in many boutiques frequented by brilliant women of audacious taste.