Kanas Boot
La Chamana
Some shoes are assembled. This one was counted — stitch by stitch, in a single continuous thread, by a Wayuu artisan in the desert of La Guajira.
The geometric figures across the upper are kanas: patterns the Wayuu have carried for generations, each one a kind of writing. A maker doesn't choose a kanas at random — she works the one that speaks to her life and the world around her, so the design you see is part landscape, part signature. No two are ever the same.
Worked in warm tan, amber, and deep earth-brown, the hand-crocheted upper is set against caramel pebbled leather at the toe, heel, and collar, laced in speckled cotton and lined in soft sky-blue. Underneath, a rugged lugged sole made for real ground. A single thread can take weeks of tight, fine handwork — the kind of slowness you can feel underfoot.
One pair, size 10. Finished by one set of hands, and never repeated.
- Hand-crocheted Wayuu kanas upper, single-thread technique
- Pebbled leather trim and laces, soft cotton lining
- Lugged rubber sole
- Made by hand in La Guajira, Colombia — 1 of 1