Archive · 1995 —
Twenty-five years on one block
Nagual opened at 1142 Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California. The work went out of that door and onto musicians, actors and riders, and it was documented as it happened. What follows is the paper trail — it moves on its own; hover to slow it, click any plate to open it full frame.
01The bench
Wax carving, sketching, finishing. Every form in the house started on this bench.
021142 Abbot Kinney
The Venice shop, the cases, and the objects that furnished it.
03Trays
Silver as it sat in the shop — rings, links, pendants
04Leather
Pouches, holsters and bags cut alongside the silver, hardware made in-house.
05In print, in the field
Japanese editorial pages and the location work the house shot itself.
06Still lifes
Studio catalog plates — silver, leather and beads on stone and wood.
Worn by
Marilyn MansonDwayne JohnsonAdrien BrodyColin FarrellJessica Alba
Press
Estylo · 2006
Latin Entertainment & Style — shopping guide
Three Nagual rings named individually with retail prices, alongside the Abbot Kinney boutique address.
Pieces shown
- Double Spear Ring
- Reverse-Set Obsidian Ring
- Square Cabochon Moldavite Ring
Estylo Magazine · styling Liz Martinez
Saks Fifth Avenue · 2006
Men's Store trunk show — Spring/Summer collections
Trunk show card, April 29, for the S/S 2006 collections.
Saks Fifth Avenue Men's Store
Flaunt · 2005
Editorial — sterling by Joseph Bortoli for Nagual
Hand study crediting the hibiscus tile bracelet, labradorite stone ring and double-head quetzal ring.
Pieces shown
- Hibiscus Tile Bracelet
- Labradorite Stone Ring
- Double-Head Quetzal Ring
Flaunt Magazine
Animal Fair · 2004
Jessica Alba cover — Nagual leather collars
Feature on the house's leather collar line.
Animal Fair Magazine
Los Angeles Times · 2003
Calendar Weekend — “Bye-bye bohemia?”
September 25 cover on the gentrification of Abbot Kinney, illustrated outside the Nagual shop.
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, Sept 25 2003
Timeline
1995
First bench · wax carving begins
1999
Glyph vocabulary · quetzal + hibiscus tile
2001
1142 Abbot Kinney Blvd · Venice
2003
LA Times Calendar Weekend cover
2004
Leather collar line · Animal Fair
2005
Flaunt editorial · sterling hand study
2006
Saks Fifth Avenue men's trunk show
2007
Atlantis · reverse-set obsidian
2010
Architectural Mayan · squared cabochons
2025
Azteca link cut from the original masters