The atelier
Where the mochilas are made
La Guajira is the northernmost tip of South America — a peninsula of desert and Caribbean, home to the Wayuu people. This is where every Kaanela mochila is woven by hand.
La Guajira
Between the salt desert and the sea live the Wayuu, the largest Indigenous people of Colombia. Weaving here is not a craft hobby but part of daily life — passed from mothers to daughters.
The loom
A mochila is made without a machine. The weaver begins at the round base and works upward row by row — the kaana comes from memory, not a template.
Days, not minutes
A mochila comes together over days of patient handwork — row by row, all by hand. That time is why each piece carries its price — and why it stays one of a kind.