by Kuki+Ko | May 21, 2021 | stories
story Animita An animita is a little memorial built in commemoration of people killed at road accidents, sprinkled all over Chilean roadside, as a comforting transit for the soul before it leaves to go to heaven. In 2014 I signed up for a ‘jewelry exchange’. The...
by Kuki+Ko | Feb 11, 2023 | stories
story Tea set ‘Golden touch’ In 2008 Curaçao got a new, classy tearoom and champagne bar. The owner asked me to design the cups and saucers, teapots and sugar bowls. It had to be local, with recognizable aspects from the island. And she wanted it ‘chique’ and a bit...
by Kuki+Ko | Feb 11, 2023 | stories
story Live to be born In run-up to the elections of 2010, some of the political parties focused on the differences instead of similarities between (groups of) people who live in Curacao. Specially the skin color and where someone was born were used as criteria to mark...
by Kuki+Ko | Jun 21, 2022 | stories
story Miraculous Structures in Nature The fragile marrow in the bone. The structure and the colors. Fascinating. Spirals of life necklace, objectbones, linenh 48 x b 34 cm2015 I find these bones on the beaches, thrown in the sand after bbq’s, cleaned by the salty...
by Kuki+Ko | Jun 21, 2022 | stories
story Breast cancer One of the legends from the Greek mythology about the Amazones tells us the story about these combative brave women, who got their name from the Greek word ‘a-mazos’, which means ‘without breast’. They were excellent horse riders and archers and to...
