CAPA Jewelry was founded in Colombia in late 2010 by the architect and jeweler Catalina Patiño. Each piece is handmade by a small team of local and highly skilled craft people, recovering traditions used by our ancestors of the Pre-Columbian era and under the philosophy of local manufacturing.

Each of our collections is inspired by the nature from tropics and the study of natural systems which are configured from the union and the repetition of one or more elements. The flexibility of these systems, their possibility to be extended, shortened and modified; expands our opportunities for creativity and design. They may have some similarity with microscopic images of anatomical, botanical, zoological or human tissue. For instance, they could seem representations of plant stems, approaches to corals or the bacteria´s topologies. We strive to produce products that hold a lasting, intrinsic beauty.

In CAPA we take very seriously the interrelationship between the producer, the user and the product. During the process of making a jewelry piece, when we are melting, assembling, welding, and painting; we are constantly thinking about its texture, weight, form and the felling that will cause in the final user.

We work with the highest quality sustainable finishes and materials, we care about the environment and we want to be as green as possible, working with recycled metals and ecofriendly precious stones.

CAPA is not just about jewelry, CAPA is a design concept, it is a way to use design for positive change. A concept that is interested in the application of the same design ideas to projects of different scales and complexities. So that, we make an effort to maintain the same design concept in our projects; in architecture projects like a Museum, in urban projects like the design of a park, in furniture design like a lamp or a bookshelf and in ornaments design like a jewel. We design products that stimulate and inspire. Catalina is also founder of CAPA Architecture. To find out more we invite you to visit www.caparquitectura.com

Nowadays our collections are being displayed in eight important boutiques across Colombia and Paraguay and we have had the opportunity to participate in several national and international fairs, most recent have been HAND MADE AT THE KEW in London.