Light through the coffe field (2020-03-05) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Alejandra Mendoza (editor), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
This is a tour within the bioculture and landscape that exist around coffee.
Ricarda crowned with La cascada (2020-03-05) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
Shade-grown coffee
Shade-grown coffee is produced when coffee plants live in harmony with the large trees and the diverse plants present in a complex ecosystem, where local animals also live.
Irais crowned with La cuenca (2020-03-05) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
Women leaders
Today, many women have taken over coffee plantations and have established environmentally friendly production chains.
Seduction (2019-06-14) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
The Flowers of the Coffee Field
The Flowers of the Coffee Field Project presents, through wonderful and unique floral crowns created with the botanical elements that live in each coffee plantation, portraits of the powerful women who produce this type of coffee.
Floral crown Escaladoras (2020-03-06) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
Design and Floral Art
Through design and floral art, crowns enhance the beauty of local flowers and all plant materials in their different stages of life.
Anayanshy on the window (2020-03-06) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
Dawn in Ixhuatlán (2020-03-05) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Alejandra Mendoza (editor), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
Landscape
The coffee plantation landscape involves aspects that can be seen and others that can not. Different smells, colors, flavors, sounds, and textures… that change throughout the year and even change as the day does.
The smile of Maria Eugenia (2020-03-05) by Gabriela Lavalle (photographer), Itzel Mendoza (floral artist), and Rafael Muñoz-Márquez (editor)Colectivo Rokunin
The world of Coffee
Discover with us the people, traditions, stories, and places that exist behind a great cup of coffee.
The Flowers of the Coffee Field Project - Colectivo Rokunin 2020
Veracruz, México
Original Idea, Design and Floral Art: Itzel Mendoza
Content and Text: Alejandra Mendoza, in collaboration with Rafael Muñoz-Márquez
Design: Roberto González and Alejandra Mendoza
Illustrations: Mark Quijano
Photography: Gabriela Lavalle
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
