Ángela Ramos Garcés

Ángela Ramos Garcés is a Colombian designer from Montería, based in Bogotá, whose work brings the weaving traditions of Zenú culture into contemporary furniture, lighting and objects. Drawing on the landscapes and cultural heritage of Colombia’s Caribbean region, she explores how colour, texture and pattern can carry a sense of place. Her pieces combine ancestral craft techniques with contemporary forms, giving inherited knowledge new expression in everyday surroundings. Through woven surfaces and distinctive silhouettes, Ángela creates objects that connect the intimacy of handwork with the broader cultural histories from which they emerge.

THE PROCESS

Ángela’s process begins with the relationship between form, colour and thread. Drawing inspiration from her coastal surroundings and the craft traditions of her region, she first considers the structure of an object, its palette and the material to be woven. These choices develop together, establishing how pattern will follow a contour and how contrasting colours and textures will define the finished piece.

Weaving brings the structure to life. Across her furniture, lighting and decorative objects, threads and natural fibres are worked into surfaces that translate traditional techniques into contemporary designs. In her Drum Table, woven colours and figures draw on the flora and fauna of the Colombian Caribbean, carrying references to the landscape into the object’s surface. The pattern becomes an integral part of its identity, connecting the finished form to the visual traditions that inform it.

Her material explorations also extend to combinations of glass, thread, wood and metal. In a series of pendant lamps, polypropylene threads are applied directly to glass through a process that preserves their soft, silky character. Wooden and metal elements complete the construction, bringing different material qualities into conversation. Throughout her practice, Ángela treats weaving as a means of cultural expression, adapting its possibilities across different structures and uses while maintaining a visible connection to the knowledge and handwork behind each piece.