Sunday, August 19, 2012

Behind the Scenes - Arawete Project

7 de Agosto Market

Photography Natalia Carrasco

The photoshoot of the Arawete project took place in Cundinamarca's countryside, in an area called Subachoque, located 45 minutes from Bogota; the capital city of Colombia. The director and designer of the project, Laura Daza www.lauradaza.com with the collaboration of Colombian photographer Natalia Carrasco, aimed to transmit an earthy and sustainable concept in a natural open-spaced environment. The location perfectly matched our objective.

For more information about the ARAWETE project please visit http://lauradaza.tumblr.com/

Achiote plant and dye-extraction process

Photography Natalia Carrasco

Dyeing process with Achiote

Photography Natalia Carrasco

The Colour Maker

Laura is a passionate Colombian designer, artist, maker and colour hunter. Founder of her design studio and fashion label in 2004. As an alchemist she transforms raw materials into colours, like magic. She studied MA Material Futures (previously called Textile Futures) at the renown Central Saint Martins College of Design in London; taught for more than 3 years as an adjunct professor of Design. Worked in NYC with fashion designers, Narciso Rodriguez and Donna Karan; and British based label PREEN. She had the chance to participate in the 'Purpureau Vestes Symposium' in Barcelona, Spain, with her 'Colour Provenance' project and work on commissions for Roche Bobois and Nissan Design Europe.