BECK
Biography
Rebecca Zeijdel-Paz is from the stunning island of Curaçao, a place that inspires every design she creates. Trained in Italy and alumnus of Carolina Herrera, she handcrafts fine jewelry in her now-second home of Brooklyn, New York that carries the spirit of her native island and upbringing. A collection of jewels, blending organic shapes and sturdy materials with renowned craftsmanship, she offers a contemporary eye to traditional pieces. Vibrant stones, thoughtful forms, and rhythmic textures, each piece is an homage to her island upbringing, reminiscent of the sea.
Zeijdel-Paz conceived Beck as a collection of Fine Jewelry pieces distinguished by the design tensions between her life in New York and her Caribbean roots — the raw and the polished, the paradox of strong and fine, fluidity and gravity; a narrative of opposites emphasized by the smoothness of repetitive ridges and the beauty of bold hardware lines. She wanted to capture the ease with which jewelry is worn in the Caribbean. She captures a laid-back approach to fine jewelry, a casual elegance in which the same piece of jewelry could be worn to an ocean swim as to a formal affair. For Zeijdel-Paz, it is about how a piece makes the wearing feel, and how it becomes a part of their story.
Works
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Amber tear drop earrings with emerald studs -
Ancla necklace in smoky quartz -
Grotto ring -
Extra long ancla necklace in carnelian and agate -
Grotto ring with blue topaz -
Ripple diamond leather choker -
Porto earrings -
Ancla necklace with green aventurine beads -
Amethyst grotto ring -
Coral scuba ring -
Beaded moonstone necklace with sol diamond pendant -
Snorkel ring -
Porto pendant -
Long open grotto necklace -
Ripple pinky ring -
Green amethyst scuba ring -
Oak vintage horn button earrings with pearl -
Groto ring with blue topaz -
Ripple turquoise studs -
Scuba necklace with cabochon amethyst -
Turquoise scuba ring -
Scuba trio tubo ring -
Sol choker on leather cord -
Vintage scalloped coral with diamond and emerald pendant -
Beck aqualung heart charm -
Piska turquoise cascading pendant with pearl -
Oja de la luna charm
Publications
