Dia Muñoz

Nov 6, 2025

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Nature | Transformation | Sculpture

There is a certain frequency that hums through the world of Dia Muñoz, one that exists somewhere between the tangible and the immaterial. It is the quiet resonance of transformation- the same pulse that lives within every Authorne piece. Both move through a shared belief that creation is a conversation between force and form, between human intention and nature’s will.

Guided by what she describes as frequencies, love, and kindness, Muñoz’s work defies simple classification. She is an artist who builds not merely objects, but realms- architectures of emotion, science, and imagination. “I believe every human is obsessed with how they perceive reality,” she says. “As an artist, I choose to create work that exists across different dimensions.”

Raised in an esoteric household, Muñoz’s earliest understanding of the world was shaped by unseen systems of energy and intuition. What once felt like mysticism has since evolved into her own fusion of spirituality and science. Her sculptures emerge from the collision of glass, wood, and metal, materials that endure and transmute under pressure. “Working with fire is a dance with nature’s rawest force,” she explains. “Both in sculpture and jewelry, we begin with an idea, but in the end, fire is the ultimate ruler.”

There is surrender in that statement, a trust that echoes Authorne’s own creative philosophy. Each piece of Authorne jewelry is the result of a dialogue between intention and accident, discipline and flux. In both practices, transformation is not simply the means to beauty, but beauty itself.

Muñoz’s process often begins in solitude. She retreats into sound, allowing music to act as a bridge between the seen and unseen. “Music helps me enter new states of curiosity,” she says. “It guides me toward places where science, nature, and imagination intertwine.” Her influences: visionary artists such as Neri Oxman, Lucy McRae, and Marguerite Humeau, similarly exist at this threshold. Like them, Muñoz treats speculation as a medium, exploring the porous boundary between biology and technology, natural law and emotional logic.

“Nature is everything,” she says simply. “It is pure power.”

Her reverence for nature extends beyond subject matter; it is woven into her methodology. Having lived across continents, Muñoz describes each landscape as an active collaborator. The soil, the humidity, the artisans she works alongside- all imprint themselves onto her process. “The magnetism of the earth shifts every time I move,” she reflects. “My work responds to that movement. Every change of place alters the frequency.”

Authorne, too, listens to the world around it- the shimmer of light on metal, the slow geometry of growth, the generational pulse of inheritance. Authorne jewelry is never static; it evolves through connection. It becomes an heirloom not only because it endures, but because it continues to adapt, to be reimagined and reinterpreted by its wearer.

When Muñoz first encountered Authorne, it was this quality, this sensitivity to transformation that resonated most. “For me, Authorne represents craftsmanship at its finest,” she says. “As someone who works with glass, wood, and metal, I deeply appreciate the process and attention to detail. [Authorne’s] founder, Rachel, has a way of seeing the world that feels aligned with how I perceive it.”

Their collaboration emerged through the Mother Chain, a cornerstone of the Authorne collection known for its modularity and sculptural strength. Muñoz paired its closure with her own glasswork, creating a piece that embodies both fragility and resilience. The collaboration reads like a poem in material form- a meditation on endurance, adaptability, and transformation. “I see the Mother Chain as an embodiment of resilience and adaptability,” she says. “It’s an heirloom of power, charged with the energy of fractal nature.”

That phrase, “heirloom of power,” feels almost like the key to Authorne’s universe. The brand often describes its creations as “modern heirlooms,” objects that bridge personal narrative with timeless design. Muñoz’s interpretation reinforces this idea: that to adorn oneself is to carry memory, that to wear something forged in fire is to honor the energy that shaped it. For Muñoz, each piece she owns or makes is a marker of transformation. “I buy jewelry for myself as a marker- sometimes of a career milestone, other times of a personal or emotional journey. Each piece becomes a memory embodied in material form.”

“Jewelry is art,” she explains. “It is the architecture of the body, a way to create pieces that accompany how humans move through the world.”

It is this intimacy between object and story, maker and wearer, that links her most closely to Authorne. Both view creation not as the pursuit of permanence but as the preservation of a moment. To make something lasting is not to defy time, but to acknowledge it—to shape it, hold it, and let it speak. “When an object is crafted by an artist or artisan,” Muñoz reflects, “it embodies a singular thought translated into shape, form, and materiality. It is designed to transcend time. That moment lives forever in the work, making it timeless.” In this way, the collaboration between Authorne and Dia Muñoz feels less like a meeting of disciplines and more like a convergence of frequencies. Both practices emerge from the same quiet reverence for transformation, for the unseen forces that sculpt what we call beauty.

For Muñoz, home exists not in a place but within her own body, “my simulation,” as she describes it. It is a statement that captures her ethos entirely: that the self, like matter, is always in motion, always recalibrating, always becoming. Through her eyes, Authorne’s designs take on new meaning as vessels of energy, as architectural relics of emotion, as maps of transformation. In her hands, the Mother Chain is not just an adornment but an emblem of continuity, reminding us that what is made with care, with patience, with surrender to fire, becomes something far greater than the sum of its materials. It becomes a memory cast in metal and light. A frequency you can hold.