NyaMani Designs

Artisanal accessories and offerings from the mind, heart, voice and hands of Natisha Wauki

Nyamani Designs began solely as a hat and scarf line with a few crocheted jewelry pieces bringing to life my philosophy that any plain outfit can stand out with eye-catching accessories. After years of crocheting, I decided to switch gears and focus on a style of jewelry that was unique & out of the ordinary. After walking into a textile shop in downtown L.A. I began exploring all the materials housed there which opened up a whole new world of inspiration and ideas for me. This is where my love for lace began. I headed to my home studio with a bag full of lace and a head full of designs all geared up and ready to experiment. After countless hours, days and months of mistakes, hits, misses and successes in my jewelry crafting venture, I was ready to share my work with the word so I opened up a shop on Etsy. I began perfecting my crafts of crochet design and jewelry making by learning and practicing all I could about the mediums and materials I loved to work with the most: fiber, yarn, crystals, etc. I saw what I was able to produce as wearable art and worked tirelessly to take every single vision and design that God gave me and them turn into reality. I found that my designs provoked thought and conversation by sparking the interests of people who were over the average boutique style trends. The moment a costume designer working on TV and film productions saw my work and said to me, "I've never seen anything like this before, you've got something here" my imagination began to soar. I continued to create and push the limits of traditional jewelry and knitwear design and developed a cohesive collection of what I label as artwear.