La Nandina began with Nagwa’s lifelong love of making things by hand. From pressed-flower art in the 1980s to stained glass, mosaics, and her work with gardens and landscaping, nature has always shaped her creative world. Jewelry became another expression of that connection, bringing stones and pearls together in bold, sculptural pieces guided by their individual shapes, textures, and character.
Her daughter later joined her, bringing an architectural eye for proportion, balance, and composition. Together, mother and daughter bring art and architecture into conversation, combining intuitive arrangements with a sense of structure. Their different perspectives meet in a shared love of materials and thoughtful details.
At its heart, La Nandina is a family story. It carries the memory of a loving father and husband who nurtured the family’s curiosity through travel, opening their eyes to different places, cultures, and ways of seeing beauty. That shared spirit of discovery lives on in La Nandina’s jewelry, shaped by nature, family, and the memories carried across generations.