BORN AND RAISED IN COLOMBIA, NATALIA CRIADO DISCOVERED HER INNATE TALENT FOR DESIGN AT A YOUNG AGE. HER CREATIVE JOURNEY LED HER TO EARN A DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT IED MILAN, WHERE SHE HONED HER SKILLS AND EMBRACED A NEW CULTURE.

ENRICHED BY THIS FUSION OF INFLUENCES, NATALIA EMBARKED ON A TRANSFORMATIVE PATH, FOUNDING HER OWN JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES BRAND IN 2011. HER EPONYMOUS LABEL EMBODIES A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CREATIVE APPROACH THAT INFUSES HER VARIOUS ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS.

DRAWING FROM THE RICH HERITAGE OF PRE-COLUMBIAN FORMS, CRIADO'S CREATIONS REFLECT A FUSION OF THE CULTURAL LEGACIES OF COLOMBIA, HER HOMELAND, AND ITALY, HER ADOPTED COUNTRY. WORKING CLOSELY WITH SKILLED ARTISANS IN BOTH COUNTRIES, SHE SUCCESSFULLY HARMONIZES CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP, BRINGING TO LIFE OBJECTS CHARACTERIZED BY MINIMALIST GEOMETRIC FORMS.

WORKING PRIMARILY WITH MATERIALS SUCH AS BRASS, GLASS, GEMSTONES, AND CERAMIC, NATALIA CRIADO CAPTURES THE SUBTLE BEAUTY OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS. HOWEVER, HER ARTISTIC TRAJECTORY GOES BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL USE OF THESE MATERIALS. HER CREATIVE PROCESS IS DRIVEN BY A DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT, EXPLORING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF METALS AND OTHER ELEMENTS.

FOR NATALIA, THIS METAMORPHOSIS BEGINS WITH THE METICULOUS MANIPULATION OF WAX, AS SHE CAREFULLY SCULPTS AND REFINES HER IDEAS INTO FORM.