A Return to Colombia: Jeweler & Author Nicolás Estrada

About this episode

Sarah Rachel Brown interviews jeweler and author Nicolás Estrada about his journey from Colombia to the United States and his artistic development.

In the 87th episode of Perceived Value , host Sarah Rachel Brown is just outside Medellín, Colombia, recording from the family home and studio of contemporary jeweler and author Nicolás Estrada . Nicolás and Sarah first connected on social media in 2018, when Nicolás was living in Barcelona, and Sarah was in Philadelphia, PA. Their online friendship led them to meet in person during Munich Jewellery Week that year, and all these years later, they have reconnected in Colombia. When Sarah returned to Medellín to work on the CONNECTOR Exhibition , she took up Nicolás’s offer to host her and record a podcast interview. The two friends discuss Nicolás’s upbringing in Colombia during the height of violence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, being sent to the United States to study business and marketing, and navigating education, language, and identity abroad. Nicolás shares about his familial expectations to follow a path to financial success and how a later move to Barcelona led him to discover contemporary jewelry and choose a creative path. Listen to this intimate conversation between friends about what it means to live within one’s means as an artist, redefine wealth beyond money…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Rachel Brown

Guest: Nicolás Estrada

Topics covered

• contemporary jewelry
• identity
• education
• artistic expression
• personal history

Keywords

• Nicolás Estrada
• jewelry
• Colombia
• art
• identity
• education
• Munich Jewellery Week

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Colombia, Medellín, Barcelona, Philadelphia, PA

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