mullunu COLLECTION
Almost 5,000 years ago, in the depths of a youthful ocean, the Andean people discovered a small red spiny oyster, graced with a lustrous shell that glimmered through the rocky coral reefs. The peculiar specimen was named Mullu and soon became more precious than gold itself: travelling across the Continent in trade routes, being fashioned into beads and jewelry, serving as “food for the gods” during sacred rituals... With time, the word “mullu” came to encompass all items that held spiritual value for the Andean tribes.
Inspired by the given name and legend surrounding this worshipped creature of pre-Columbian times, Mullunu takes an abstract approach to unravel the sacred value of materiality, through coral-like textures obtained by a variety of solid explorations: the gentle but precise fusion of hand- carved lava rock and surface glazes creates crystalline compositions, conveying the illusion of coral underwater.
Mullunu attempts to replicate a fundamental notion sustained by Mesoamerican cultures: the mysterious and difficult to obtain is often the most valuable.
