Destinations  ·  In preparation

The Andes & Mesoamerica

Peru, where a length of cloth is a kind of writing and colour is gathered on the mountain. Patterns that hold rivers, peaks, and the order of the stars.

In the Andes, cloth is a way of writing the world. The patterns a weaver sets on a backstrap loom carry mountains, rivers, and the order of the stars. Colour comes from cochineal and indigo and lichen, gathered on walks that are themselves a lesson.

Some of what lives in this region asks for great care, and a long preparation before any door opens. Trust here is earned slowly, and only in person.

We begin with the Quechua weaving valleys. The wider region waits on the same patient terms.

Backstrap weaving

Sacred Valley

Natural dye

Chinchero, Cusco

Highland cosmology

The Andes

Textile residency

Ollantaytambo

Bolivia, Mexico and Guatemala are in preparation, and will appear here when their relationships are ready.

A finished cloth is not a souvenir. It is a map of a world, read by those who were taught to read it.

If the high Andes call you, a conversation can begin here.

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