REFLECTIONS FROM THE ATELIER
This time of year always makes us slow down a little, to look back at what we’ve built, and who we’ve built it with. Gratitude feels easy to find for us. It’s in the laughter that fills the atelier, the long hours that turn into shared victories, and the people who show up every day with talent, patience, and heart. Before the year ends, we wanted to listen to our team and share what they’re most grateful for, because their words say more about who we are than anything else.
“Some days are chaos, deadlines, drawings, changes. But then you see a piece finished, exactly as the client imagined it months ago, and you remember why you do it. I’m grateful for that feeling, and for the people who make it possible to turn ideas into something real.”
Valentina Beltran
Principal
“Forty years later, I still wake up grateful for the same reason I started: to create something that speaks beyond time. But the greatest reward isn’t the work itself; it’s the people. My family, who chose to carry this dream forward, and the team of extraordinary Arti.Stars who make it their own every day.”
MAESTRO
LOUIS BELTRAN
FOUNDER
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
“I’ve spent most of my life here. I’ve seen BELT grow, change, fall, and rise again, and I’ve grown with it.
This place has given me everything: friends who became family, lessons that shaped me, and now the joy of working beside my sons. I’m grateful for that, for being part of something that’s been my home for over thirty years.”
Fernando Martinez
Assembly Coordinator
“I’m grateful to work in a place where inspiration never runs out. Every day I get to see what our designers and artisans create, and it makes my job easy. Sharing their talent with the world is a privilege; it reminds me why I fell in love with my profession in the first place.”
Diego Garcia • Brand Designer
" The hand carries out what the heart whispers. Every stroke, every hammer blow, every precise assembly holds the imprint of the heart and the hands that forge it. We are grateful for the energy that sustains our company day by day; grateful for the beauty, the dedication, and the craft of those who make it possible.”
Carolina Roldan
Product Development Leader
ANGELICA RAMIREZ
FIELD OPERATIONS
LEADER
"My job is to find what’s not working, so I spend a lot of time looking for mistakes. But that’s also when you see the effort behind every piece. I’m grateful to work with people who take so much pride in their craft and aim for excellence in everything they do, because it pushes me to do the same."
“I’ve worked with metal most of my life, and it still surprises me. Every day it tests my patience and then rewards it. What I’m grateful for is not only learning a trade, but being part of something that will outlive me and leave a mark in the world.”
Gonzalo Garcia
Master Blacksmith
