Cálamo
Large handwoven Cálamo vases and mushroom lamps on a lawn beside a reflecting pool

Not preserving tradition.
Designing its future.

Handwoven sculptural objects from Guatemala

Cálamo Home is a contemporary design studio from Guatemala, transforming inherited weaving knowledge into sculptural objects for modern living.

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Catalog

Handwoven willow pieces, made to order. Sizes and colors can be customized.

Every piece is handwoven to order in Guatemala, so production time varies by piece. Prices may vary for custom sizes or colors.

Catalina seated beside a large handwoven Cálamo vase
Legacy

An architect’s eye, an inherited craft.

Cálamo was founded by Catalina, an architect raised by architect parents with their own furniture workshop. After working in Barcelona, Miami and Monterrey, she returned to Guatemala to design from home.

The name comes from the Latin calamus, the pen made from a hollow reed. Each piece is drawn with fiber: a line of willow, woven by hand into form by Guatemalan artisans who have dedicated their lives to the craft.

— Catalina
Inspiration

Our shapes are inspired by the tinaja, the clay vessel carried on the head across Guatemala, and by Maya ceramics: cylindrical vessels and polychrome jars, reinterpreted for contemporary interiors.

Catalina on stone steps with the Hongo floor lamp and Semilla side table
Press

Where Cálamo has been

2026

Design MADE · Design Week Guatemala

Part of Design MADE, the new curated space of Design Week Guatemala celebrating objects conceived, designed and made 100% in Guatemala, exhibited at Design House and its pop-up store.

Sept 2026

Female Design Futures · Paris Design Week

Selected by White Label Project for a curated exhibition of women designers working with natural materials and local artisans, at COR Studio in Le Marais, Paris.

2026

Nest Guild

Member of the Nest Guild, a global network supporting artisan businesses.

2026

Good Market

Approved by Good Market, a directory of businesses that put people and planet first.

Collaborations

Designed together.

We collaborate with interior designers, architects, hotels and brands to create pieces and installations with a shared vision, always handwoven in Guatemala.

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Luna Zorro × Cálamo

La Valiente

A collaboration with Luna Zorro for a space at La Valiente: a wavy, dotted Cálamo mirror handwoven in natural willow, set against warm wood interiors.

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Wavy Cálamo mirror with black dots in a wood-paneled living room with a red sofa Close view of the wavy Cálamo mirror leaning against a wood wall

Make it yours.

Every piece is woven by hand, so it can be adapted. Write to us on WhatsApp and we will reply personally.