Meet the artisans

Our artisans are at the heart of what we do. They are the reason we exist.

Unlike other fashion brands, we know each and everyone by name, know their kids and their families, and we have shared numerous meals with them.

They each have a story to tell, and I’d love you to read them and be able to put a face to the hands that make the products you buy from us.

Maria

Maria works her craft to help her kids out. Her mother taught her to weave when she was little She now needs the extra income to help her kids and grandkids get a better education.

Cleofe

Cleofe's mom and grandmother taught her to weave. She wants to keep her traditions alive and teach others to weave so her culture doesn't disappear.

Betty

Betty is in one of ours trainings programmes. More experienced weavers in her community are teaching her to weave. She grows cuys, chickens, pigs as well as working the land. She wants to weave to have her own income.

Lourdes

For Lourdes, her craft is her heritage and helps her feed her family. Her mother and grandmother taught her to weave and she now works alongside her mom and sister.

Mercedes

Mercedes' grandmother taught her to weave and she considers it as part of her heritage, her culture and her identity. She only speaks Quechua and knows how to weave the most complicated designs.

Ignacia

Ignacia is worried about her offspring and their little ones' futures and wants to prosper making traditional handwoven textiles to help them out. She's an experienced weaver and teaches others how to weave.

Elsa

Elsa likes being an artisan and her craft allows her to support her family. Sherecently learnt how to weave, taught by other women in the community.

Justina

Justina was taught to weave by her grandparents. She wants to keep her traditions alive and help her kids get a better education.

Flora

Flora has sheep, pigs and chickens for self-consumption. She learnt to weave from her mom and grandmother, and is now passing on the skill and knowledge to her kids and other women in her community.