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Yankatu - design with soul

Jundiaí, BR
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About Yankatu - design with soul

My motivation comes from my soul and flows openly, on my life and in my work. I love what I do and I do it with intensity, I live every moment and I transmit all this emotion. In each project I immerse myself deeply in the region, in their craft and in the lives of the people who make them, it is a dive governed by research and by my soul, guided by the heart, done with respect and with the rhythm dictated by time. I get transformed and provoke transformations, and these atitudes reflect in the surroundings and beyond. I believe that design and art are one of the ways...Read More

Yankatu - design with soul

Established in 20151stDibs seller since 2017

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Featured Pieces

Mantos Vase V: handmade in Brazil with a traditional ceramic technique
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
The ceramics of the Jequitinhonha Valley are considered an intangible heritage of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. Created using this traditional technique, the vases in the Man...
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2010s Brazilian Other Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Mantos Vase A: handmade in Brazil with a traditional ceramic technique
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
The ceramics of the Jequitinhonha Valley are considered an intangible heritage of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. Created using this traditional technique, the vases in the Man...
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2010s Brazilian Other Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Rococó Tray: handcarved in Brazil in Red cedar wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
This tray is made in solid pink cedar wood hand carved by the craftsman Rondinelly Santos, specialized in sacred art, in Minas Gerais, Brazil The flowing design of the acanthus scro...
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2010s Brazilian Other Serving Pieces

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Cedar

Palafitas Stool: handcrafted in Brazil with tucumã straw and solid wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Palafitas side table is made of Imbuia or cabreuva wood and bring the Tucumã straw, a typical palm of the Amazon rainforest, stained with roots, leaves and fruits, and braided by the...
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2010s Brazilian Other Stools

Materials

Natural Fiber, Wood, Straw

Palafitas side table S: handcrafted in Brazil with tucumã straw and solid wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Palafitas side table is made of Imbuia or cabreuva wood and bring the Tucumã straw, a typical palm of the Amazon rainforest, stained with roots, leaves and fruits, and braided by the...
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2010s Brazilian Other Side Tables

Materials

Natural Fiber, Wood, Straw

Palafitas side table M: handcrafted in Brazil with tucumã straw and solid wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Palafitas side table is made of Imbuia or cabreuva wood and bring the Tucumã straw, a typical palm of the Amazon rainforest, stained with roots, leaves and fruits, and braided by the...
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2010s Brazilian Other Side Tables

Materials

Natural Fiber, Straw, Wood

Reliquary Mirror: made in Brazil with imbuia wood and bronze mirror
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Entirely made of solid imbuia and 4mm bronze mirror, the Reliquary Mirror it's a collectible design piece. Leaning on the table or installed on the wall, this piece attracts attention and can be placed in different spaces, as the entrance hall or as a support on the dressing table, decorating the wall in the living room or on the counter in the social bathroom. The effect of light and shadow created by natural light is captured by the delicate design that runs through the wood and allows a glimpse of the hidden mirror. Like a reliquary, which holds the image of our loved ones, when we open this piece we come across our reflected image, reminding us that we need to be the most important person to ourselves, because only then will we be able to truly love someone. . The Reliquary Mirror is inspired in the storie of Wagner Trindade, an artisan who learned from his father how to make Moroccan lamps in Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, and through time discovered beautiful ways of mixing new techniques with his family tradition. It is possible to choose the opening side of the Reliquary Mirror when installing it on the wall, and its wooden hinge allows even to be placed on a table or sideboard, if wished. Because it is made in solid imbuia each one will always be one as the wood varies in tones and veins. It is part of Yankatu's Artisans collection. To create them Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros researched the Brazilian colonial...
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2010s Brazilian Other Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror, Imbuia

Traditions Bowl - handmade in Brazil with traditional ceramic and straw
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Traditions bowl is a delicate piece that can acquire different functions always capturing our gaze. From housing fruit, to supporting cell phones and keys at the entrance of the hous...
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2010s Brazilian Other Decorative Bowls

Materials

Pottery, Natural Fiber, Clay, Wood, Straw, Ceramic

Embira Bench: made in Brazil with pink jequitba wood and natural dyed yarns
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Curves and symmetry, comfort and beauty. The Embira Stool is a multifaceted piece that fits into different environments, from the most sophisticated to the coolest. Made with jequitibá wood its feet seem fragile, but support the weight of sitting. A detail that draws attention is the mooring made with cotton threads dyed with the bark of the embira’s tree, collected on the surroundings of the Kaupüna Village, in the Xingu Indigenous Territory, Mato Grosso, Brazil. A passion for wood, symmetry, and flexibility. It is impossible not to fall in love with the structure of the “oca” (the name used to designate the Mehinaku indigenous people homes). The lightness that is counterbalanced by force is impressive. The curvature that the pindaíba trees, thin and long, allows, the solidity found in the cinnamon wood that permeates the earth to bring security, and the incredible embira bark that unites everything, eliminating the use of nails. These are all raw materials found in the surroundings, within sight, that have only their uses reviewed, showing that it is always possible to find a new meaning for what is around us and in our life. It is part of Yankatu's Xingu collection...
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2010s Brazilian Other Benches

Materials

Hardwood, Cotton, Wood

Embira High Stool: made in Brazil with pink jequitba wood and natural dyed yarns
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Curves and symmetry, comfort and beauty. The Embira Stool is a multifaceted piece that fits into different environments, from the most sophisticated to the coolest. Made with jequit...
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2010s Brazilian Other Stools

Materials

Hardwood, Natural Fiber, Wood, Cotton

Cocar Chair: handmade in Brazill with braided tucumã straw and Cabreúva wood
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Cocar Chair is made from cabreúva wood to highlight the tradition of braiding tucumã straw from the Amazon rainforest. It is more than a chair, it's a manifesto. Crafts are culture. It is full of meanings, of reasons to be alive till these days. It reflects part of our history as human beings. It lives in harmony with the nature around him. It translates feelings and emotions. It represents lives. Lives that are as important as everyone else’s. Lives that deserve respect and recognition. Lives that keep alive cultures all around the world helping helping us not to lose sight of our ancestry. It is part of Yankatu's Alma-Raiz collection. To create them Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros researched the Brazilian traditions and made innumerous immersions in the riverside community of Urucureá, on the banks of the Arapiuns River and surrounded by the Amazon Forest. The Alma-Raiz Collection is born from the deepening plunge of the designer Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros into Brazilian identity. As all the pieces produced by Yankatu, it is accompanied by its soul, a certificate of authenticity in the form of a small book that tells about the inspiration that gave birth to it and leaves blank pages so that its story can continue to be told by those who acquire it, turning it into something more, which does not change with fashion, which does not go by with time. To the contrary, it will move on from a generation to another, from hand to hand, each time with more stories to tell, each time incorporating the lives shared by it. The wood comes from nature, each one is unique, with its veins, knots and tones. Because it is a natural material it suffers with the climate change, so cracks and shifts in color may emerge over time. The wood can also warp sometimes due to a large variation in relative humidity of the air. Naturally dyed straw has unique characteristics that never repeats itself. Due to this process, colors fade more easily than industrial ones. This isn’t considered a defect, on the contrary it is considered normal, as a way of telling its own story. When ordering, you should check what options are available. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Brazilian Contemporary and Collectible Design by Yankatu, design + art with Brazilian soul. Exhibitions: 2023 - Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts and Design 2023 - Tel Aviv – Israel 2022 - Amazonie Immersive - Brussels, Belgium 2021 - TheChair - Usagy Gallery - New York, NY, United States of America 2020 - Material Origins – A Brazilian Colletciton curated by Waldick Jatobá - Adorno Design...
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2010s Brazilian Other Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

Kaupüna Swing: handcrafted in the Xingu Indigenous Territory, Brazil
By Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros
Located in Jundiaí, SP
Completely executed in the Kaupüna Village, located in the Xingu Indigenous Reserve, Kaupüna Swing unites the design of Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros and the indigenous handicraft tradition of the Mehinako people. Its design rises from the desire to highlight the buriti yarn, made by women, placing it in balance with the painted solid wood traditionally made by men and already with recognized value. It brings together the artisanal work of Mehinaku women who harvest, clean, and prepare the buriti straw to make the thread with which they weave their traditional nets, and of Mehinaku men who enter the forest to find trees from which to take the wood to create zoomorphic benches adorned with charcoal and annatto-based graphics. The Kaupüna Swing marks the first time in Kaupüna village that men and women worked together to create a single piece, what gives it an immeasurable value and meaning. Developed in partnership with Kulikyrda Mehinaku and Kuyawalu Aweti, it was considered by them a "new indigenous product". It is part of Yankatu's Xingu collection...
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2010s Brazilian Other Living Room Sets

Materials

Natural Fiber, Cotton, Wood, Straw

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