"PIATTO LAVA" PLATE

OVER THE PAST DECADE, NATALIA CRIADO HAS NURTURED THE GROWTH OF HER EPONYMOUS BRAND, EMBODYING A CREATIVE MULTITASKING APPROACH THAT INFRATES HER VARIOUS CREATIVE INITIATIVES.

BORN AND RAISED IN COLOMBIA, NATALIA DISCOVERED HER INNATE TALENT FOR DESIGN AT A YOUNG AGE. HER CREATIVE JOURNEY LEADED HER TO OBTAIN A DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT IÉD MILAN, WHERE SHE REFINED HER SKILLS AND WELCOME A NEW CULTURAL FOUNDATION. ENRICHED BY THIS FUSION OF INFLUENCES, NATALIA COMMITTED ON A TRANSFORMATIVE PATH, FOUNDING HER OWN JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES BRAND IN 2011.

DRAWING INSPIRED BY THE HERITAGE OF PRE-COLOMBIAN FORMS, CRIADO'S WORKS EXPRESS A FUSION BETWEEN THE CULTURAL HERITAGES OF COLOMBIA, THE PLACE OF HER BIRTH, AND OF ITALY, THE ONE THAT WELCOMED HER. COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH EXPERT ARTISANS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES, SHE EXPERTLY COMBINES CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, BRINGING TO LIFE TO OBJECTS CHARACTERIZED BY MINIMAL GEOMETRIC SHAPES. IT IS THROUGH THIS COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT NATALIA NOT ONLY PRESENTS HER ARTISTIC VISION, BUT ALSO SUPPORTS THE TRADITIONS THAT RESIDE IN THESE TRADES.

SHE CONSIDERS ARTISANS AS HER CREATIVE PARTNERS, VALUING THEIR EXPERTISE AND INCORPORATING IT INTO HER DESIGN PROCESS. BY CREATING PIECES ENTIRELY BY HAND, NATALIA NOT ONLY ADDS VALUE TO HER CREATIONS, BUT ALSO OFFERS CONSUMERS PRODUCTS IMPRESSED WITH AUTHENTICITY AND HERITAGE CONSCIENCE.

WORKING WITH MATERIALS SUCH AS BRASS, GLASS, GEMSTONES AND CERAMIC, NATALIA CRIADO CAPTURES THE SUBTLE BEAUTY OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS. HOWEVER, HIS ARTISTIC PATH EXCEEDS THE CONVENTIONAL USE OF MATERIALS. HER DESIGN PROCESS IS MARKED BY A SPIRIT OF EXPERIMENTATION, WHERE SHE EXPLORES THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF METALS AND OTHER ELEMENTS. FOR NATALIA, THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS BEGINS WITH METICULOUS WAX MAKING, AS SHE DELICATELY CARVES AND REFINES HER IDEAS. THIS PROCESS RESULTS IN THE FUSION OF METALS AND OTHER MATERIALS, BRINGING HIS CREATIONS TO LIFE.