The Nahui

Named for the most fearless woman in Mexican art history.

Some necklaces decorate. The Nahui transforms.

This is a wearable manifesto — a cascading multi-strand statement piece born from the De Petra Atelier in Houston, where Lorena Medinilla has spent 18 years crafting art jewelry carried by Anthropologie, Free People, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Five strands hang from a hand-formed leather and brass collar — each one a composition in itself. Purple fluorite cylinders. Red tourmaline ovals. Silver hematite tubes. Amethyst beads. A hammered gold brass heart. They move together down braided gold metallic cord, ending in dramatic tiered silk tassels capped in hand-stitched brown suede.

It is theater. It is sculpture. It is jewelry for a woman who needs no introduction.

Named for Nahui Olin — Mexican painter, poet, and one of the most defiant women in art history. She changed her name to the Nahuatl word for renewal and the sun's force. She refused to be a muse when she could be the artist. This piece carries her spirit.

• Materials: Solid brass, natural leather, purple fluorite, red tourmaline, amethyst, silver hematite, tiered silk tassels, braided gold metallic cord, hand-stitched brown suede
• Style: Multi-strand statement choker necklace
• Length: 15 inches from choker / 19 inches total
• Weight: 0.40 lb
• One of a kind: This exact piece exists nowhere else in the world
• Handcrafted in Houston, TX by Lorena Medinilla

Formerly carried at Anthropologie, Free People, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston shop — now available directly from the artist's studio.