Davide K. Colombu Arts and Crafts
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The Story
KORIGAMI
KORIGAMI
"A slow, deliberate path where every fold requires patience and every touch leaves a mark of care."
My name is Davide K. Colombu. I am not a craftsman. If I were to describe my work, I wouldn’t speak of materials. I would speak of people. My finest creations are not the jewels I make, but the light that sparks on the faces of those who wear them. That spark of joy is the true heart of Korigami Crafts.
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Roots: A game in Terralba
It all began at school in Terralba, my village in Sardinia. I was a child who folded paper incessantly. I still remember when my teacher, seeing my passion, asked me to create cranes to decorate a local association, 'La Coccinella' (The Ladybug). I folded a multitude of origami all by myself, in the silence of a room lit by the afternoon sun filtering in from the garden of an ancient Campidanese house…
Since then, folding oritsuru — paper cranes — has become my silent way of saying 'thank you' to the places and people who left something beautiful within me. A small token of gratitude left along the way.
The beauty of being fragile and precious at the same time.
The Journey: Patience and the Human Touch
My search led me far, all the way to Japan, where I encountered the silence of Zen practice. Between daily gestures and meditation, I recognized a path that had always been within me. Over time, the patience that defines me began to reach others as well.
On this journey, I turned to Shiatsu: a discipline that refined my manual skills and, above all, my ability to listen. If through Shiatsu I listen to people, through gold and paper I celebrate the beauty of their scars.
Along this path, I embraced Wabi-sabi: the art of finding beauty in the imperfect and the simple. I discovered that every body, like every sheet of paper, has its own sacred fragility that should not be hidden, but honored. With gold, I celebrate the beauty of these very scars..
Korigami: Where it all comes together
Today, my creations are the synthesis of this journey. I call them Korigami: the union of Origami, which has been with me since childhood, and Kintsugi, the art of repairing with gold. I believe that each of our lives is also made of wounds and tears. But those scars should not be hidden; they can be mended with gold to become the point of greatest beauty. In a Korigami, there is all of this: the fragility of paper, the strength of gold, and the beauty of being, simply, human.
"Korigami are the proof of how even what we believe to be fragile or of little value can, through care and dedication, transform into something strong, unique, and precious."
