Panterra is excited to announce we will be carrying the metal work of Sergio Lub.

Sergio has traveled through every continent learning his craft. From the Andes to the Himalayas, he met with master craftsmen who taught him ancient metal working techniques and their deep beliefs of wearing metals for health and vitality. An important part of his company mission is to preserve these valuable traditions by incorporating them into his designs.

In 1984, while visiting a master Tibetan jeweler in Nepal, near Katmandu, Sergio noticed a beautiful intricate bracelet with a double silver spiral being worn by the old teacher. The master noticed Sergio’s interest and taught him how to make it along with it’s meaning, "During deep meditation, if I feel lost while exploring, I just follow the cord back to myself” he said through an interpreter. In this ancient Tibetan design the double spiral represents the umbilical cord connecting body with soul, and those seeking deeper levels of awareness have traditionally worn it. Sergio preserved the technique in his designs 07 Nepalese Cord, 25 Life’s Spiral and 37 Sherpa’s Rope.

Fifteen years later, in 1999, Sergio had the great honor to work for a week with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his home in Dharmsala, India. At the farewell encounter Sergio gave to the Dalai Lama one of his Tibetan inspired designs. Afterwards one of the elders who witnessed the offering approached Sergio to ask how he had learned such ancient technique. Sergio told him about his Tibetan teacher in Katmandu to which the elder replied with moist eyes, "I am glad to hear that some of our master craftsmen made it safely to Nepal, the mountain passes are much higher to cross to India and none of our senior jewelers made it here.” Then he timidly asked, “Would you please show the technique to our jewelers?”

Sergio readily agreed and before leaving he passed along the technique and its meaning to two talented young Tibetan jewelers. Later he reflected in his travel diary, “As I explained the design and its purpose to identify those pursuing higher awareness, I myself became conscious of how intimately interconnected we all are and how each of us, through our everyday actions, can help preserve this peaceful culture."

Born to Russian parents, in Buenos Aires, in the hot month of February 1953.  Artistic since childhood, Sergio began making jewelry at the age 12, sold his first piece at 16, obtained an inventor's patent for kinetic pendants at 19, and became an architect at 22. ..... Read More in his Bio