José María Balmaceda is a textile designer from Mexico City. He began his career working as a costume designer before finding his true passion: textiles. That’s when José María decided to work with Chiapas textile artists.

While looking to make a change in his professional practice he undertook a trip to India and Nepal, where he discovered a world full of fibers and techniques that he had not seen before. That’s when the real adventure began.

Having met his Indian and Nepalese partners, who eventually became his family, José María began working on the pieces for his first collection: Fossil. A collection that brought together his fears and demons to bring you to light. After fighting and conquering them he fossilized them into seven irregular mats made in Kathmandu, Nepal, where they experimented with techniques and materials to create something new.

The roots of the artisans are deeply woven with their own. With each trip to India and Nepal José María is inspired by Asian culture and mixes it with his Mexican heritage, giving his work a multicultural light.

Balmaceda is an artist in constant development, always pulling the threads of the unknown.