TEREZA XAVIER 

Talismã bracelet by Tereza Xavier

Customised from the original work of the Waimiri Atroari women (Roraima state)

Since 1995

Waimiri Atroari ancestral weaving and embroidery

Arumã fibre, aquamarine, 925 silver

 

Alto Juruá bracelet by Tereza Xavier

Customised from the original work of the Ashaninka women (Acre state)

Since 2023

Handloom and embroidery

Wool, aquamarine

 

Darcy Ribeiro bracelet by Tereza Xavier

Customised from the original work of the Kayapó-Xicrin women (Pará state)

Since 1997

Kayapó ancestral weaving

Tucuma straw, aquamarine, 925 silver

 

Vesica Piscis bag by Tereza Xavier

Customised from the original work of the Xavante women (Mato Grosso state)

Since 2015

Xavante ancestral straw braid 

Buriti palm leaf, cotton, precious stones, 925 silver

 

 

Since launching her brand, designer Tereza Xavier has worked with various artisan and indigenous communities in Brazil. She emphasises the ancestral knowledge of each craft within the framework of sacred geometry, as seen in the Vesica Piscis bag. 

The aquamarine embroidery on the Alto Jurua bracelet represents the jaguar that the Ashaninka usually paint on their bodies, symbolised by a circle with a dot inside. The Darcy Ribeiro bracelet won a De Beers Award in 1997 and the Talismã bracelet in 1998. She believes in jewellery as a protective tool. She transforms original indigenous design into high jewellery, creating bespoke pieces with embroidered stones, seeds, and wool from artisans in Ceará and Rio de Janeiro.