Fashion & Accessories

Matching a posh handmade choker by Transparent Sculptural Jewelry (by Marta Roura Castellò) and cherry make-up

Matching jewels and clothes, moods and colours, is a taste game but not a simple play! 
I can’t absolutely question class and talent when thinking about Marta Roura Castellòthe Spanish architect, designer and goldsmith behind Transparent Scultpural Jewelry.

What’s in this choker? I feel study, passion, emotions and inspiration.

Matching a posh handmade choker by Trasparent Sculptural Jewelry (Marta Roura Castellò) and cherry make-up

A posh and handmade choker by Trasparent Sculptural Jewelry (by Marta Roura Castellò)

Marta and I, we never physically met, but it’s like she’s already met me since an immemorial time. During our interview, she explained how she develops her work.
Marta Roura Castellò individually focuses on her clients to create something able to magically fuse with people’s spirit and harmoniously with their silhouettes.
I love the colours that, starting from red, run through this spectrum in many different “direction”.
Marta combined some of them in this suave choker: the marsala red of the silk cord, the deep purple of the crystal teardrop, the shocking pink of the thread tassel and the relaxing lilac of the pendant beads.
She’s also put together materials with different textures and topped it with a precious and elegant reference to the Imperial Rome.

A tiny silver coin reproduction shines in the morning light, which the original one has been minted during the time of a real “optimus princeps“…
Whose, exactly? The photos should offer a clue. 

A posh and handmade choker by Trasparent Sculptural Jewelry (by Marta Roura Castellò)
Handmade choker by Trasparent Sculptural Jewelry (by Marta Roura Castellò) with Trajan coin reproduction
He’s Trajan!

I wore this choker with a lime green sweater and a purple trench.

Then I created a look with one of the shade in this choker and just one versatile make-up product: a black cherry-toned Multistick by Bite Beauty in Cerise I swept onto my lips, blended onto my cheeks and applied to the inner corners of my eyes.

Matching a posh handmade choker by Marta Roura Castellò and cherry make-up with Bite Beauty The Multistick in Cerise Valentina Chirico

Here I’ve just played with colours, as an amateur or a child, Marta didn’t.
She captured my essence, something I’ve never talked about, I’m sure Marta Roura Castellò owns the exceptional crafting skills and, above all, a sensitivity out of the ordinary





Valentina Chirico aka Valens

Valentina Chirico: a past as an archaeologist, a present as an editor between London and Bedfordshire. An expat born in Southern Italy from an expat family. She holds an MA in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham and contributed as a co-author and postgraduate ambassador to the UoB PG Recruitment Blog before fully embarking on online editing. Besides archaeology, beauty and arts, this alumna loves travelling and shares an uncommon sense of humour. Online since 2009 with ValentinaChirico.com and later with ItalianMemories, Valentina is a storyteller and wants to inspire you a good laugh or to aim higher, to the stars.

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