The idea of "Brothers of the Earth" was born about 5 years ago, from a workshop on 'Searching for Alternatives' that we had with designer Oscar Vásquez Alanís, an exercise in which we worked on sensitivity. The idea is to stimulate our 5 senses, seeking an alternative in terms of materials, using what we had around us: elements of the earth and nature; objects we found along the way, thus limiting the use of brushes and wood, which we were used to working with.

Each of us made an intervention on our piece, based on the use of the materials we experimented with.

Later, we went as a team to the city to explore materials that we had not had access to before, and in the midst of that search, we entered a mineral shop, where we had our first encounter with the “nautilus,” which are the fossils of mollusks, thus giving rise to the idea of integrating them into our pieces, playing with their shapes and spirals, which we love and in which we saw an infinite number of possibilities.

Later on, we had the opportunity to attend the ‘Stones and Minerals’ exhibition in Tucson, Arizona, where we realized that there were pieces of much larger dimensions than we knew, and our imagination soared at the thought of what we could create with those elements.

At the same time, we were beginning to rescue and give life to dead woods, which, due to storms or the passage of time, end up being abandoned on the ground.

We then decided to fuse both elements, taking advantage of the imperfections and deformations of the dead wood, perfect for embedding the nautilus fossils into them.

On this occasion, we were fortunate to be invited by Palacio de Hierro to intervene in their space with this completely authentic and innovative exhibition proposal, presenting this collection, “Brothers of the Earth,” composed of 40 unique and unrepeatable pieces, which show the synergy between materials that nature provides us and immerse us in the depth of the past and our own existence.

Each piece has its own meaning, decorated with Mixtec – Zapotec iconography, in a unique style and aesthetic that we have developed over the years, stemming from a deep appreciation of our origins.