In the Indigenous community of Caimán Nuevo, located in Necoclí, Antioquia, lives Jovita, a guardian of ancestral threads. For over thirty years, her hands have brought to life the art of the mola. A sacred textile tradition where layered cotton and vibrant thread become visions stitched with meaning.

To Jovita, each piece is more than fabric, it is protection, a prayer, a symbol of womanhood. The molas are worn by the women of her people not just as adornment, but as protection on their traditional clothing. Through every pattern she sews, Jovita seeks to reveal a culture that has resisted

As the legal representative of her community’s Indigenous women’s association, she carries not only thread but responsibility. The bags, belts, pouches, and cushions she creates are the stories of the Guna Dule peoples. Their embroidered designs are sacred symbols drawn from earth, sky, and water, each mola a reflection to the femininity of the universe.

In her workshop, Amaitule, creativity becomes continuity. She teaches young girls the language of the needle, passing on not just technique, but worldview. In each design, a story unfolds and the memory of how her people have seen and understood the world for generations.

“The land is our mother,” Jovita says, “Nature is where our molas are born.”

Through Amaitule, she helps sustain not only 15 families, but a tradition as enduring and alive as the land they are on. We've been working with Jovita for only a few months, her molas have been a new addition to our collections and we hope you love their geometric shapes as much as we do!