José Ojeda’s workshop was the site of my first collaboration with a master artisan. My father’s family hails from Sayula, Jalisco, and I visited Ojeda’s workshop frequently as a child; thus, this encounter also represents a personal connection to my own history and to the region’s tradition of knife-making.

These knives were designed in 2013 for one of the early *Albergues Transitorios* (Pop-up Shelters) held during the Arte Careyes festival. The project was inspired by a recent camping trip on a beach in Careyes, where the night tide had washed up fragments of wood that lay scattered across the sand at dawn. Throughout the night, the sky seemed to merge with the earth, mirrored by the stars upon the calm ocean waters.

Drawing on this experience, I designed a collection of knives featuring simple lines and distinct silhouettes—each tailored to a specific function, ranging from chef’s knives to cheese knives.

The choice of materials aimed to translate that imagery into the object itself: stainless steel, treated to achieve a dark, almost black finish, evokes the depths of the sea at night; geometric handles, carved from a very pale tropical wood, provide a striking contrast to the steel. Brass pins joining the two materials appear as tiny points of light, recalling the stars reflected on the water’s surface.

More than just a collection of utensils, these knives are a material translation of that nocturnal landscape—and, at the same time, the beginning of a relationship with the craft of knife-making that would shape my career.