Photo Journal

On the Runway: Etsa Beaded Necklace Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Bea Necklace Worn by Peruvian Model Juanita Burga @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Amazon Traditional Necklace Worn by Peruvian Model Juanita Burga @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Enkepa Breastplate Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Bea Necklace Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Amazon Traditional Necklace Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Amazon Traditional Necklace Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Enkepa Breastplate Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Bea Necklace Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Enkepa Breastplate & Ashaninka Head Piece Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

On the Runway: Awajún Naya Necklace & Ashaninka Cushma & Accessories Featured @ Vivienne Westwood Paris Show

With the artisans @ the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with partner PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Margarita teaching Adela how to weave @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS-IICA, Peruvian Amazon

Jocabet teaching Maritza & Enma how to weave @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Artisans @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS-IICA, Peruvian Amazon

Designer Violeta Villacorta with artisans @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

The kids @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Narcisa carving for the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Noemi carving shapes for a necklace for the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Timbo carving basic shapes for Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Heading into deep jungle to gather scraps for jewelry making for the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Designer Nora Carrasco with artisans in the deep jungle on our way to gather wood scraps for making jewelry for the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Managed forest wood & PaTS bowls handmade by the Yanesha in the background, Peruvian Amazon

Wooden bowls in the carved stage from PaTS handmade of managed forest wood

Scraps of wood from managed forest to use in the making of jewelry for the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS

Designers Violeta Villacorta & Nora Carrasco take a swim in the river after a day of working with artisans on the Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS, Peruvian Amazon

Designer Violeta Villacorta exercising with artisans @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project, Peruvian Amazon

ORG by vio boho jewelry photo shoot with photographer Iris Debelder & model Ciara Hunter. More in Lookbooks

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry worn with Matrushka Construction. More in Lookbooks

Loma Linda Yanesha Community

Designer Violeta Villacorta working on designs for Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA.

Designer Violeta Villacorta working on designs for Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Working on designs for Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Using managed forest recycled wood from scraps leftover from the making of PaTS furniture and home furnishings. Perú

Plant based materials

PaTS Team, William Romani, Gerry Cooklin, Nora Carrasco Apaza

The daycare area at the PaTS Perú space in the Palcazú Valley, where the workshops took place. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Yanesha Artisans at workshop First Day. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

PaTS founder and visionary Jeronimo Cooklin @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA.

Designer Violeta Villacorta @ first day of Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza @ first day of Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Artisans introducing themselves. Here artisan Julia Soto Juaquín. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza @ first day of Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop, showing some of the local materials. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Designer Violeta Villacorta @ first day of Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop, showing samples from Cofán (Ecuador) and Awajún (Perú) artisans ORG by vio works with. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza @ first day of Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop, with artisans going over Yanesha iconography. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza @ Yanesha Bio Jewelry workshop, showing samples of natural plant colors on wood. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Doing a bit of stretching in between workshops

Yanesha Artisan Magaly Toribio Solano

Artisans showing some of their work in progress. Matilda Magali Benavides Bautista explaining her work. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA. Perú

Some of the pieces sculpted by the artisans from scrap wood from managed forests. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA,Perú

Yanesha artisan Sara Lopez Machari wearing a cushma and woven band, Yanesha traditional garment and accessories

Artisans walking back to town with Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza and Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project Coordinator Molly Bustamante Rituay

L to R: Designer Nora Carrasco Apaza, Yanesha artisan Marilú Machari Ballesteros with her kids and Designer Violeta Villacorta in Nueva Aldea. Yanesha Bio Jewelry Project with PaTS organization and IICA.

Nueva Aldea Yanesha community in Palcazú Valley, Perú

Vegan Fashion Show Geraldine in ORG by vio Awajun Enkepa Breastplate Beaded Necklace

A little corner of the ORG by vio work studio

Lorena Criollo with Cofán Artisan Feliza Ortiz @ La Cuchara de San Marcos

Daniela Bilbao with Cofan artisan Feliza Ortiz for ORG by vio exhibit @ La Cuchara de San Marcos

La Cuchara de San Marcos Guests @ ORG by vio Exhinit in Quito

Cofán Artisans Feliza Ortiz & Marhy Mendua @ La Cuchara de San Marcos

Awajún Artisans Drocila Kaki & Marilyn Paukai @ Feria Arte Nativa by Mincetur

Awajún Artisans Drocila Kaki and Marilyn Paukai with Violeta Gonzales Diaz @ Feria Arte Nativa

Wawi Amasha aka Mama Afrika in ORG by vio Awajun Enkepa Breastplate Beaded Necklace

The Girls @ Topanga Day. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Booth @ Create:Fixate, Los Angeles

ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta wearing ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Fahmina Leather capelet @ Create:Fixate

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry at Topanga Earth Day

Beauty in ORG by vio at Topanga Earth Day

Boho Fashion at Topanga Earth Day. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

ORG by vio's Violeta Villacorta, Visionary Lifestyle's Magda Rod, Fahmina Leather's Fahmina at Topanga Earth Day. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Topanga Earth Day. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Amazon Watch Executive Director Atossa Soltani & ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta at Natural Products Expo

Happy International Women's Day!

Happy International Women's Day!

Asociación Sukû @ Last Week's Meeting in Cofán Community on March 3, 2013

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Behind The Scenes @ PriMo Arts. Photo: Carol Jahshan

Wamuhu in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry: Kango Necklace

Actress & environmental/human rights advocate Q'orianka Kilcher in Awajún necklace from ORG by vio & Larissa Peltola @ the International Medical Corps 2012 Annual Awards Celebration

Nadia in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry: Awajún Enkepa Chainmail Breastplate @ EarthWe

Wamuhu Waweru in ORG by vio Nuwa Choker and Violeta Villacorta Silk Kimono Jacket. Photo: Carol Jahshan

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Mink & The Blu. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Artist & ORG by vio model Carol Jahshan, ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta, Rebecca Mink of Mink Shoes, Mamacita Jewelry Designer Erin Ferro, Fahmina Leather Designer Fahmina @ Mink & The Blu Showroom. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Artefact Design Salvage Trunk Show in Sonoma, CA

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Sage Blades @ Artefact Design Salvage Trunk Show

Balbina Paukai, Awajún AMARNO Artisans' Association President (from 2010-2013) @ De Nuestras Manos Fair in Lima

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Modern Folk Living in Ojai

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Modern Folk Living in Ojai, CA

ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta with Wanda Weller, Owner of Modern Folk Living in Ojai, CA

Awajun Enkepas, ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Green Festival Los Angeles. Photo by Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Dana Johnson in ORG by vio Boho Jewerly & Violeta Villacorta Hand Embroidered Dress @ Green Festival Los Angeles. Photo: Ramón Flores

Model in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion @ Green Festival Eco Fashion Show

Fahmina with her ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Photos @ Green Festival. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Designers & Models @ Green Festival's Eco Fashion Show. Photo: Carol Jahshan

Violeta Villacorta backstage @ Green Festival with models in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion

Fahmina of Fahmina Leather, Violeta Villacorta of ORG by vio Boho Jewelry, author Sophie Uliano, Samantha Stepleton of Good Together @ Green Festival. Photo: Gabriel Suarez Teschner

Luxury Eco Designer Linda Loudermilk & ORG by vio Founder+Eco Fashion Designer Violeta Villacorta wearing ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Green Festival

Fahmina in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Fashion getting ready for the Eco Fashion Show @ Green Festival Los Angeles

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Loop Beaded Necklace, right, @ Zense, Palm Desert, CA

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Etsa Beaded Necklace, center, @ Zense, Palm Desert, CA

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta, Model & Artist Carol Jahshan, Sage Blades Metal Artist Dylan Farnham @ Abbot Kinney Festival

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Abbot Kinney Festival

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Amazon Traditional Necklace @ m.a.m.a. earth event

Carol Jahshan in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry: Awajun Enkepa Breastplate @ Burning Man

Fahmina of Fahmina Leather & Violeta Villacorta of ORG by vio wearing ORG by vio Boho Jewelry + Fahmina Leather @ Unique LA

Modern Primitives: Metal Artist Dylan Farnham of Sage Blades, Designer Fahmina of Fahmina Leather, Designer Violeta Villacorta of ORG by vio Boho Jewelry with DJ Jeremy Sole @ Unique LA

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry @ Modern Folk Living in Ojai, CA

Carol Jahshan in ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion @ Women of the Green Generation

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion modeled by Carol Jahshan @ Women of the Green Generation

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry & Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion worn by Carol Jahshan @ Women of the Green Generation

ORG by bio Boho Jewelry: Awajún Enkepa Breastplate @ Robert Rodriguez Showroom

Asociación Sukû Artisans

Cofán Artisans of Asociación Sukû working in Arts & Crafts House

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry: Awajún Beaded Necklace aka Adeli Net Pendant @ Free People

Awajún AMARNO Artisans Working

Awajún AMARNO Artisans

First Meeting with Awajún Artisans

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta working with Awajún AMARNO Artisans

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta working with Awajún AMARNO Artisans

The road to meet the Awajún AMARNO Artisans

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta with Awajún Artisans in Chiriaco

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta & her husband Metal Artist Dylan Farnham in Chiriaco

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry + Violeta Villacorta Eco Fashion @ Designers & Agents

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta @ Designers & Agents

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta outside Designers & Agents, Los Angeles

In the Jungle, Peruvian Amazon Rainforest

Asociación Sukû Artisans Working

Asociación Sukû Artisans

The boat ride with the kids, Cofán Community

ORG by vio Boho Jewelry Designer Violeta Villacorta walking along riverbed to take a boat

Cofán Artisans of Asociación Sukû, Ecuadorian Amazon

Asociación Sukû Arts & Crafts Center, Ecuadorian Amazon

Emergildo Criollo, top artisan & former President of Cofán Dureno, who introduced ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta to the artisans of Asociación Sukû

Designer Violeta Villacorta of ORG by vio @ ESPY FAME LA Showcasing Cofán Project

Cofán Artisan Serafina Quenamá making Chambira fiber twine

Chambira Fiber

Kangopacho in Cofán = Tuju plant in Awajún

Kangopacho or Tuju Seeds

ORG by vio Designer Violeta Villacorta with Cofán Children, Ecuadorian Amazon

Cofán Artisans

Children in Cofán Community, Ecuadorian Amazon

Cofán Color