Every 500 packages we ask a different artist to illustrate our packaging, inspired by cacao, while drinking our chocolate.
It is time to present you the third edition! Erika / Herikita designed the cover of our cacao package. Just 500 limited edition art boxes are made and she brings a completely new style to the table!
We love that Erika handpaints all her work and uses acrylic paint and a tiny brush. Here’s a little interview with the Colombian illustrator:
We are very happy with the new style you created for us. Tell us, why this image?
The concept is based on a girl that is embraced by a cacao magical tree. The girl represents the sererity of nature so I wanted to put her in the middle to give her the central attention.
Where did it all start for you?
I started to paint since I can remember. I paint to massage my brain. it is something that takes me to find my place. I can bring that place to reality when I paint.’
Nature seems to be a big inspiration?
‘Nature is everything for me. It is where I am born. I am from Colombia. In my paintings there’s a lot of mountains, but also in my soul. love to be in the nature in general. I mean it could be just the grass in a backyard. I love the contact with nature, real life, my life as a little girl, woman and mother.
You are from Colombia but live in New York at the moment. Why did you choose the big Apple?
I love how big NY feels and how there are so many cultures. But what I love the most is how there this a big culture of Latino s living in New York. To me it is about to resilience, working hard and nostalgia.’
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