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Alfredo López Morales.
Address: Jr. Cusco 404 – Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: 066-403669 / 966018790.
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Walter Laura learnt the art of making handmade textiles from his father. At the age of 6, he watched his father transform colored wool and threads into beautiful works of art. At 19, he carried out research into plant dyes, drawing on the knowledge of the elderly artisans of the Vinchos district, where he learnt secrets such as how to dye wool using natural plants. Walter Laura’s workshop is currently flourishing, with 12 weavers and 40 women artisans.
Walter Laura Solorzano
Address: Av. Los Andes 152 Yuraq –Yutaq Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.:66-312724 /66-966619181.
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Frank Newton Araujo Ayala.
Address: Jr. Las Dalias N° 360 Miraflores , Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: (51) 066-312084 / (51) 66-966778078.
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Virgilio Oré Chávez is a Great Master of Peruvian Handcrafts, still using the techniques for handmade pottery that he learnt from his grandfather. Together with his wife, Georgina Velarde Gutiérrez, an enterprising potter and maker of ‘retablos’, he has raised 6 artistic children who are carrying on a tradition that goes back several generations and who have taken their art to different countries. Their work depicts the customs of their village and different occurences that take place.
Virgilio Oré Chávez/Georgina Velarde Gutiérrez.
Address: Jr. Independencia Mz 4, lote 2, Nuevo Lurín – Lima / Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: (51-1) 4302513/993116088.
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Walter Sulca, the young inheritor of his father’s art, started by learning from books and visiting different villages and communities in Peru’s high Andes. There, he learnt the different techniques passed on by our ancestors. He is currently producing the best replicas of artwork from pre-Hispanic cultures such as Paracas, Wari and Chancay, and exhibits his work in different museums in Peru and the rest of the world.
Walter Sulca.
Address: Av. Los Andes Mz H Lote13 Barrio de Yuracc, Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 066317520/066966007910.
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Yuli Torres García.
Address: Jr. Moore 118 San Juan Bautista, Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nr.: 051- 66403165.
Cell: 0511997444760.
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Florencio Huarhua Jeri. Address: Av. Los Libertadores S/N – Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 66 966900165.
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Juana Mendívil was initiated in the art of imagery at the age of 6 in her parents’ workshop. She carries on the Mendívil family legacy together with her husband, Dantón Olarte, who takes care of putting the finishing touches to the work, and it is this attention to detail that makes it stand out. Their work is inspired by the location of their house in the San Blas area, a traditional trading place for llamas, alpacas and vicuñas. By observing the coming and going of our unique camelids, the artists understood that their work must have an authentic Cuzco stamp on it. That is why people are depicted with long necks, inspired by the fauna of the LLAMA KUNKA (long-necked llama) of the Andes.
Juana Mendívil Dueñas.
Address: Plazoleta de San Blas 615–634, Cusco, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: (51)084-240527/084984741404.
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Antonia Rojo Arapa is an outstanding weaver who is part of the Munay Kiklla Assocation of Artisans of Pitumarca, which belongs to the Traditional Textile Center of Cuzco. She has been weaving since her childhood and has participated in the Textile Center since 1997, where she has specialized in backstrap loom weaving using different techniques, the most outstanding of which is the “urdimbre discontinua” (Tiklla). She has been successful in numerous weaving competitions because of the quality of her work and the techniques she incorporates. She participated in the “Cuzco Weavings” Exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz, Bolivia, 2008.
Antonia Rojo Arapa.
Address: Avenida Progreso 701 Pitumarca Canchis – Cusco, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 0051-084 -228117.
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María Antonieta Mérida Enríquez is the daughter of Don Edilberto Mérida Rodríguez, a ceramic artist and creator of an Indian-expressionist style. When she was very small, she spent hours watching her father create beautiful characters in clay, recreating the Indian ‘campesinos’ from the Peruvian highlands, characters that were imbued with real, solemn and heart-rending personality. Together with her father, she has travelled round the world, participating in exhibitions in Europe and North America. She has introduced new techniques to the inherited “Indian-expressionist” style, using gold and silver leaf on the clay figures.
María Antonieta Mérida Enríquez.
Address: Sinchi Roca 2447 – Lince, Lima, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 4725774.
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Jorge Pérez Gutiérrez is a fine artist who is currently developing his own line in jewelry. His work in silver has won several prizes: First Place in the Competition of the Assocation of Jewelers of San Eloy (Cajamarca, 2007), Third place in the “13th Silver Competition of Peru” (Arequipa, 2009) and a finalist in the “IV National Handcraft Competition 2009”. Andrea Montoya, a young entrepreneur who has a certificate in jewelry-making from the CITE Joyería Koriwasi, started in 2004 and now has a fully-equipped workshop in Cajamarca.
Jorge Alfredo Pérez Gutiérrez and Ursula Andrea Montoya Asenjo
Address: Av. Atahualpa 101 – Cajamarca, Peru.
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Rosa Maxe Suxe. Address: Juan Ugaz s/n.
Cell: 0760976643481.
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This skill goes back more than 4 generations. In 1976 Pedro Salinas founded Top Alpacas, a company that is renowned for the quality of its products and whose objective is to develop leather tanning and fur treatment as a complementary production system among the breeders of South American camelids and sheep in the high Andes.
Sara Salinas Llaza.
Address: Av. Roosevelt # 97, Arequipa, Peru. Gráficos A.S.A.
Telephone No.: 051-54-265811.
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Natividad Condori de Suni is considered to be one of the most outstanding artisans in the whole of the South of Peru. As a child, she was involved in the production and embroidering of typical traditional garments. She was married young to an embroiderer and together they continued to put the teaching of their ancestors into practice. In Chivay, a district situated in the Colca Valley, she started working in embroidery using only her imagination, demonstrating both her mental and manual skills. She incorporates the nature surrounding her village and the experiences of the people into her work. To date she has received recognition for the background, quality and innovative nature of her work. She has also participated in prestigious international events in countries such as Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Spain.
Natividad Condori De Suni.
Address: Calle Independencia, comité 22, manzana L, lote 4 – Cayma, Arequipa, Peru.
Telephone Nr. / Fax: 0051-54-959572640/ 0051-54-458797.
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Angelo Ponce.
Address: Calle Purus 413 Zamacola, Cerro Colorado, Arequipa, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: Arequipa: 011-5154 443168
USA: 704 875 1972.
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Daniel Alanya de la Cruz, an artisan by inheritance, carries out his art from Yauli in the Huancavelica region, producing knitwear and weavings, which are distinguishable by the colors used. The products are mostly accessories that were developed because of the intensely cold weather experienced in the area, but they are now crossing borders.
Daniel Alanya De la Cruz. Address: Av. Jorge Chávez s/n – Sector Ccesccehuayco, comunidad de Ambato – Yauli – Huancavelica, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 997427009.
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Don Francisco Huatta Huatta, a master artisan from the Island of Taquile in Puno, has conserved the ancestral legacy of textile art, a type of weaving that was recognized by UNESCO for its social and cultural importance as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible heritage of Humanity in 2005. It is worth highlighting his achievements, such as the prize received in 2002 from the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the “Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzmán’ for his wide-ranging and successful experience as a master artisan.
Francisco Huatta Huatta.
Address: Barrio Colino, Isla Taquile, Puno, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 51-51-951540978.
Segundo García More and Orlando Ramos Sosa.
Address: Comercio 400 – Catacaos, Piura, Peru.
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Juana Solano Chávez.
Address: Calle Grau s/n – La Campiña, Piura, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 073-968970095.
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Emilio Antón Flores.
Address: Av. Jorge Chavez 510 - La Encantada – Chulucanas, Piura, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 073- 969862830.
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Ucayali is one of the most important cities in the Amazon region and also one of the country’s main wood producing areas. It was here that the young artisan and sculptor, Ckristian Hurtado Panduro, learnt from his father how to work with wood; his great master, Javier Hurtado Valles, was an outstanding and renowned sculptor, who put love into his work with wood. Inheritor of his father’s gift, Ckristian started to engrave pieces of wood at an early age, creating true works of art that incorporated tradition and culture. As a result of this talent, he gained renown and honor in his country.
Ckristian Hurtado Panduro.
Address: Carretera al Radar Km.6 Parcela 21-A, Pucallpa – Ucayali, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 061-787561 / 01-988590924.
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AYACUCHO
“Retablos” (Religious Art and Figurines)
The artistic branch of the López family lives on today through Alfredo López Morales, grandson of the much celebrated Great Master, Joaquín López Antay and his most dedicated follower. In the 1940s, Joaquín decided to create new ‘retablos’ with typical scenes on the borders of the usual San Marcos boxes with their saints for protecting the cattle. Following the success of his innovations and albeit it a little late, his sons became his apprentices, learnt the art and began to work in it. Alfredo is the link in the chain that connects the past to the present. He has gained recognition for creation of art using Ayacuchan imagery with his ‘retablos’, crosses, masks, dolls and toys.Alfredo López Morales.
Address: Jr. Cusco 404 – Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: 066-403669 / 966018790.
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Textiles from Ayacucho
Walter Laura learnt the art of making handmade textiles from his father. At the age of 6, he watched his father transform colored wool and threads into beautiful works of art. At 19, he carried out research into plant dyes, drawing on the knowledge of the elderly artisans of the Vinchos district, where he learnt secrets such as how to dye wool using natural plants. Walter Laura’s workshop is currently flourishing, with 12 weavers and 40 women artisans.
Walter Laura Solorzano
Address: Av. Los Andes 152 Yuraq –Yutaq Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.:66-312724 /66-966619181.
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“Hojalatería” (Tinware)
Frank Newton Araujo Ayala is the son and heir of the popular artist and Grand Master Teófilo Araujo Choque, who works in hojalatería (tinware). His family has been working with this technique since 1920. They are currently innovating the vanishing art of hojalatería, by applying different tools such as scissors, engraving tools, polishers and shading techniques. These proposals have been very widely accepted in the national and international market.Frank Newton Araujo Ayala.
Address: Jr. Las Dalias N° 360 Miraflores , Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: (51) 066-312084 / (51) 66-966778078.
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Pottery from Ayacucho
Virgilio Oré Chávez is a Great Master of Peruvian Handcrafts, still using the techniques for handmade pottery that he learnt from his grandfather. Together with his wife, Georgina Velarde Gutiérrez, an enterprising potter and maker of ‘retablos’, he has raised 6 artistic children who are carrying on a tradition that goes back several generations and who have taken their art to different countries. Their work depicts the customs of their village and different occurences that take place. Virgilio Oré Chávez/Georgina Velarde Gutiérrez.
Address: Jr. Independencia Mz 4, lote 2, Nuevo Lurín – Lima / Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: (51-1) 4302513/993116088.
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Textiles from Ayacucho
Walter Sulca, the young inheritor of his father’s art, started by learning from books and visiting different villages and communities in Peru’s high Andes. There, he learnt the different techniques passed on by our ancestors. He is currently producing the best replicas of artwork from pre-Hispanic cultures such as Paracas, Wari and Chancay, and exhibits his work in different museums in Peru and the rest of the world.
Walter Sulca.
Address: Av. Los Andes Mz H Lote13 Barrio de Yuracc, Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 066317520/066966007910.
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Ecological Leather and Embroidery
While they were still at school, Elile and Yuli Torres would play with the scraps of leather left over by their father, a leather tanner, in Ayacucho, using them to make purses which they sold to their friends. This enterprising spirit has stayed with them and their hobby has now become their way of life. “Sumaq Qara”, which means “Embroidering a Life of Opportunities”, works with organized groups of women who have low incomes, are victims of domestic violence or have been displaced by terrorism. In spite of their disadvantages compared to other groups, they demonstrate their creativity and skill by making decorative accessories and clothes.Yuli Torres García.
Address: Jr. Moore 118 San Juan Bautista, Ayacucho, Perú.
Telephone Nr.: 051- 66403165.
Cell: 0511997444760.
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Pottery
Florencio Huarhua Jerí, inheritor of his grandparents’ artistic abilities, has been combining innovative techniques to traditional handcraft techniques, improving the quality of the ceramic products that are mostly destined for the international market. He has participated satisfactorily in the last five ‘Peru Gift Show’ fairs in representation of the Quinua Ceramics Consortium. He has also participated in the ‘Expoartesanías’ fair in Bogotá Colombia 2008 and the Cuenca Fair in 2009.Florencio Huarhua Jeri. Address: Av. Los Libertadores S/N – Quinua, Ayacucho, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 66 966900165.
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Cusco
“Imagery”
Juana Mendívil was initiated in the art of imagery at the age of 6 in her parents’ workshop. She carries on the Mendívil family legacy together with her husband, Dantón Olarte, who takes care of putting the finishing touches to the work, and it is this attention to detail that makes it stand out. Their work is inspired by the location of their house in the San Blas area, a traditional trading place for llamas, alpacas and vicuñas. By observing the coming and going of our unique camelids, the artists understood that their work must have an authentic Cuzco stamp on it. That is why people are depicted with long necks, inspired by the fauna of the LLAMA KUNKA (long-necked llama) of the Andes.
Juana Mendívil Dueñas.
Address: Plazoleta de San Blas 615–634, Cusco, Perú.
Telephone Nrs.: (51)084-240527/084984741404.
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Textiles from Cuzco
Antonia Rojo Arapa is an outstanding weaver who is part of the Munay Kiklla Assocation of Artisans of Pitumarca, which belongs to the Traditional Textile Center of Cuzco. She has been weaving since her childhood and has participated in the Textile Center since 1997, where she has specialized in backstrap loom weaving using different techniques, the most outstanding of which is the “urdimbre discontinua” (Tiklla). She has been successful in numerous weaving competitions because of the quality of her work and the techniques she incorporates. She participated in the “Cuzco Weavings” Exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz, Bolivia, 2008.Antonia Rojo Arapa.
Address: Avenida Progreso 701 Pitumarca Canchis – Cusco, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 0051-084 -228117.
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Sculptural Ceramics
María Antonieta Mérida Enríquez is the daughter of Don Edilberto Mérida Rodríguez, a ceramic artist and creator of an Indian-expressionist style. When she was very small, she spent hours watching her father create beautiful characters in clay, recreating the Indian ‘campesinos’ from the Peruvian highlands, characters that were imbued with real, solemn and heart-rending personality. Together with her father, she has travelled round the world, participating in exhibitions in Europe and North America. She has introduced new techniques to the inherited “Indian-expressionist” style, using gold and silver leaf on the clay figures.María Antonieta Mérida Enríquez.
Address: Sinchi Roca 2447 – Lince, Lima, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 4725774.
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Cajamarca
Jewelry
Jorge Pérez Gutiérrez is a fine artist who is currently developing his own line in jewelry. His work in silver has won several prizes: First Place in the Competition of the Assocation of Jewelers of San Eloy (Cajamarca, 2007), Third place in the “13th Silver Competition of Peru” (Arequipa, 2009) and a finalist in the “IV National Handcraft Competition 2009”. Andrea Montoya, a young entrepreneur who has a certificate in jewelry-making from the CITE Joyería Koriwasi, started in 2004 and now has a fully-equipped workshop in Cajamarca.
Jorge Alfredo Pérez Gutiérrez and Ursula Andrea Montoya Asenjo
Address: Av. Atahualpa 101 – Cajamarca, Peru.
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Textiles from Cajamarca
“Tejidos Santa Cruz” (Santa Cruz Weavings) is a group of women who use the ancestral technique of backstrap loom weaving. The women are from the Santa Cruz, Saucepampa, Pulán and Catache districts of the Santa Cruz province in the region of Cajamarca. They have taken traditional products destined for the local market, such as blankets, ponchos, etc. and modernized them to make them suitable for more modern and competitive markets such as the markets in the big cities, offering products such as shawls, pashminas, cushions, etc. The president of this group, Rosa Maxe, is not only an excellent leader, but her handcraft products are also of an extraordinary quality.Rosa Maxe Suxe. Address: Juan Ugaz s/n.
Cell: 0760976643481.
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Arequipa
Furriery
This skill goes back more than 4 generations. In 1976 Pedro Salinas founded Top Alpacas, a company that is renowned for the quality of its products and whose objective is to develop leather tanning and fur treatment as a complementary production system among the breeders of South American camelids and sheep in the high Andes. Sara Salinas Llaza.
Address: Av. Roosevelt # 97, Arequipa, Peru. Gráficos A.S.A.
Telephone No.: 051-54-265811.
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Embroidery
Natividad Condori de Suni is considered to be one of the most outstanding artisans in the whole of the South of Peru. As a child, she was involved in the production and embroidering of typical traditional garments. She was married young to an embroiderer and together they continued to put the teaching of their ancestors into practice. In Chivay, a district situated in the Colca Valley, she started working in embroidery using only her imagination, demonstrating both her mental and manual skills. She incorporates the nature surrounding her village and the experiences of the people into her work. To date she has received recognition for the background, quality and innovative nature of her work. She has also participated in prestigious international events in countries such as Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Spain. Natividad Condori De Suni.
Address: Calle Independencia, comité 22, manzana L, lote 4 – Cayma, Arequipa, Peru.
Telephone Nr. / Fax: 0051-54-959572640/ 0051-54-458797.
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Furriery
Angelo Ponce began his artistic studies in 1970 in NY. Angelo's goal is to show the world the beautiful luxury and diverse offerings of Alpaca fiber in distinctive contemporary styles while encouraging the artistic traditions of the native Peruvian artist. Angelo has utilized his artistic background to design a wide variety of distinctive Alpaca products including designing the first Alpaca Teddybears in 1986, now known world wide as his signature line of Classic Alpaca Bears and Friends. He designed a line of Needle Felted animal collections (Alpaca, Wild, Fantasy, Farm and Sea Life) and created a line of Alpaca Sock Monkeys from seconds, always trying to take great care to ensure ecological, animal friendly, and socially responsible practices are utilized in the crafting of our quality Alpaca products.Angelo Ponce.
Address: Calle Purus 413 Zamacola, Cerro Colorado, Arequipa, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: Arequipa: 011-5154 443168
USA: 704 875 1972.
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Huancavelica
Textiles from Huancavelica
Daniel Alanya de la Cruz, an artisan by inheritance, carries out his art from Yauli in the Huancavelica region, producing knitwear and weavings, which are distinguishable by the colors used. The products are mostly accessories that were developed because of the intensely cold weather experienced in the area, but they are now crossing borders.Daniel Alanya De la Cruz. Address: Av. Jorge Chávez s/n – Sector Ccesccehuayco, comunidad de Ambato – Yauli – Huancavelica, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 997427009.
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Puno
Textiles from Puno
Don Francisco Huatta Huatta, a master artisan from the Island of Taquile in Puno, has conserved the ancestral legacy of textile art, a type of weaving that was recognized by UNESCO for its social and cultural importance as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible heritage of Humanity in 2005. It is worth highlighting his achievements, such as the prize received in 2002 from the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the “Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzmán’ for his wide-ranging and successful experience as a master artisan.Francisco Huatta Huatta.
Address: Barrio Colino, Isla Taquile, Puno, Peru.
Telephone Nr.: 51-51-951540978.
Piura
Jewelry
Segundo García More, a jeweler from Catacaos, was born on 11 October 1964; he learnt his trade in his father’s workshop from the age of 14. He has participated in several national and international fairs, exhibiting his gold and silver jewelry. Orlando Ramos Sosa, also a jeweler from Catacaos, was born on 30th May 1950; he learnt his trade in the workshop of a jeweler form Catacaos from the age of 15. Among other skills, he has mastered stone setting, engraving, enamelling and filigree. He reached first place in the jewelry competition that took place in 2007 thanks to the quality of his work in both design and finishing.Segundo García More and Orlando Ramos Sosa.
Address: Comercio 400 – Catacaos, Piura, Peru.
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Vegetable Fibers
Juana Solano Chávez makes products by weaving the fibers of the Toquilla palm. She started learning her trade at 12, taught by her mother. She is the founder and president of the “Virgen del Pilar” Association of Women who weave using Toquilla fibers. She was winner of the first prize in the “Fine Hats” competition organized by the National Cultural Institute in Piura in 2009. She also came first in the Fine Weaving of Toquilla Fiber Hats competition organized in December 2009 jointly by the Romero Foundation, the Municipality of Catacaos and COLOFAR Catacaos. In 2010 she was given recognition by DIRCETUR with the “Botón de Oro” for her work as an artisan and for her valuable contribution to the cultural and economic development of the Piura Region.Juana Solano Chávez.
Address: Calle Grau s/n – La Campiña, Piura, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 073-968970095.
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Pottery from Chulucanas
Emilio Antón Flores is a potter from La Encantada, Chulucanas, with 21 years of experience in the world of pottery. He is the heir of the Great Master Max Ynga Adanaqué, whose traditional techniques he still employs, while applying innovative techniques that allow him to create quality pieces that are sought after in different national and international markets. He came first in the “El Ollero del Chilalo” 2007 ceramics Competition and second in 2010. He has participated in the ‘Expoartesanías’ fair in Bogotá Colombia in 2004 and 2006 and in the “Feria del Banano” in Machala in 2008.Emilio Antón Flores.
Address: Av. Jorge Chavez 510 - La Encantada – Chulucanas, Piura, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 073- 969862830.
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Ucayali
Pottery from Chulucanas
Ucayali is one of the most important cities in the Amazon region and also one of the country’s main wood producing areas. It was here that the young artisan and sculptor, Ckristian Hurtado Panduro, learnt from his father how to work with wood; his great master, Javier Hurtado Valles, was an outstanding and renowned sculptor, who put love into his work with wood. Inheritor of his father’s gift, Ckristian started to engrave pieces of wood at an early age, creating true works of art that incorporated tradition and culture. As a result of this talent, he gained renown and honor in his country. Ckristian Hurtado Panduro.
Address: Carretera al Radar Km.6 Parcela 21-A, Pucallpa – Ucayali, Peru.
Telephone Nrs.: 061-787561 / 01-988590924.
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