DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
WELCOME TO THE KARAKAL TEMPLE
Woman-owned, ancestrally guided, handcrafted, intentionally curated, ecologically inspired.
Karakal is owned by Shayla, an Environmental Scientist (MSc.), scholar and Tantrika yogini and self-taught metalsmith currently living in Cape Town, South Africa.
You can check out a custom brass and labradorite piece featured in Msaki's music video "Born in a Taxi".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH657XROX5M&ab_channel=ALTBLKTV
You can view a short interview of Shayla recorded in 2019 at her previous studio at Werk in the Baakens Valley, Port Elizabeth:
"In writing this article we acknowledge our place in Creation, the Ancestors who have gone before, and the teachings they left with us for the benefit of the future generations. We acknowledge the sacred gifts of the earth, the air, the fire and water that give life and sustain us. We acknowledge the minerals, plants, animals and the humans as our relatives. We acknowledge the traditional ancestral territories in which we visit, work, and live. We honour where our original ancestors' lineages come from, and the gifts they offer in our lives as they continue to direct our intention to reflect our spiritual teachings in practice."
- Decolonising the Body: Restoring Sacred Vitality
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