KUNA
Personal Project
KUNA is a sustainable and inclusive jewelry brand rooted in traditional weaving. This collection, designed for CAMILO, blends ancestral memory, nature, and weaving techniques with miyuki and Czech beads to create unique, genderless pieces that embody a free spirit.
Brand Identity / Photography / Digital Retouching Juan David Cano
Concept / Product Design Manuela Echeverri & Suma Killa
2019
We collaborated with the artisan women’s collective Suma Killa from the Inga community in the Sibundoy Valley, Alto Putumayo. We co-created the design and manufacturing processes alongside Doralia Jamanoy and her mother, Doña Jesusa, whose stories inspired us to honor ancestral knowledge.
CAMILO
Las Terrenas, Samaná. Dominican Republic
2019
This set was inspired by the relationship between lunar cycles and the times of sowing and harvest, according to the ancestral wisdom of the Inga community in the foothills of the Amazon.
A necklace inspired by the strength of the heart, symbolizing the Patascoy volcano, located on the southern edge of the Sibundoy Valley.
Necklace portraying the sunset, when the mountains of the Sibundoy Valley are draped in blue.
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