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Thursday 13 November 2008
Thursday 30 October 2008
ARTISAN,WALTER INTERVIEW, BY DIEGO LINARES
Name: Walter Bautista Huaman
Age: 30 years
Place of birth: Aqoylla town, province of Socos, Ayacucho, Peru.
Art: textiles
Materials: sheep wool, cotton and alpaca wool.
Pigments: artificial (minerals) and natural (cochineal for red tonalities, molle for green tonalities, tara for blue tonalities and Nogal for brown tonalities)
I started working at 13 years old, working with my three older brothers in a workshop. At 14 I moved to Lima, my parents sent me with my brothers to escape for terrorism. They lived in San Juan de Miraflores, working in different things, in whatever they could. When I was 17 my brothers and I opened a workshop, and we worked there until I was 23. Moving to Canto Grande, I opened my own workshop and was able to give jobs to other relatives. But the place was too small. So after one year, I found a bigger place in Quebrada Verde, so moved there until now. Now I work with seven people, and have ten looms. My market is only a local one.
This is his first experience working for foreign markets. And he told me that 'is like a dream, something that he was waiting for a lot of time'. He has a lot of faith, he has always had it, and that is why he continues doing this work and will never leave, no matter the difficulties. He wishes that this is only the beginning of something more. This commission will help him to pay better salaries to his workers, and it is also a motivation for each of the weavers, including him, to continue working. Also is a way to grow, and to help other artisan in his town, Aqoylla, where he born, because if he has a lot of work, he need more workers. He also wants to help one of his brothers who has a workshop. He is very grateful for all of this.
For him it was easy to learn this work because he was a child, it was like playing. For adults it is more difficult because they have to think about their families and about how to maintain them...
Age: 30 years
Place of birth: Aqoylla town, province of Socos, Ayacucho, Peru.
Art: textiles
Materials: sheep wool, cotton and alpaca wool.
Pigments: artificial (minerals) and natural (cochineal for red tonalities, molle for green tonalities, tara for blue tonalities and Nogal for brown tonalities)
I started working at 13 years old, working with my three older brothers in a workshop. At 14 I moved to Lima, my parents sent me with my brothers to escape for terrorism. They lived in San Juan de Miraflores, working in different things, in whatever they could. When I was 17 my brothers and I opened a workshop, and we worked there until I was 23. Moving to Canto Grande, I opened my own workshop and was able to give jobs to other relatives. But the place was too small. So after one year, I found a bigger place in Quebrada Verde, so moved there until now. Now I work with seven people, and have ten looms. My market is only a local one.
This is his first experience working for foreign markets. And he told me that 'is like a dream, something that he was waiting for a lot of time'. He has a lot of faith, he has always had it, and that is why he continues doing this work and will never leave, no matter the difficulties. He wishes that this is only the beginning of something more. This commission will help him to pay better salaries to his workers, and it is also a motivation for each of the weavers, including him, to continue working. Also is a way to grow, and to help other artisan in his town, Aqoylla, where he born, because if he has a lot of work, he need more workers. He also wants to help one of his brothers who has a workshop. He is very grateful for all of this.
For him it was easy to learn this work because he was a child, it was like playing. For adults it is more difficult because they have to think about their families and about how to maintain them...
Wednesday 15 October 2008
ARTISTS - FERGUS Purcell INTERVIEW
Name: Fergadelic
Age: 38
Place of birth: Amersham, UK
Art: Yes!
Materials: Pixels, Pilot DR pen, Ink & Skin, Needle & Thread on Denim...& anything else I can get my hands on!
Techniques: Er...see above.
When did you start working as an artist/illustrator, where, at what age? At age 5. Apparently I never used to draw before this (weird!). My parents asked a teacher who recommended an Ed Emberley "How to Draw" book...which really did the trick. Nice one
Teacher & Ed! After that I drew everything.
A little bit about your journey… My journey?….To interpret The World through Art...primarily to Draw it...& thus to Understand it, to Belong to it & in so doing I capture all that I Love about being here on this AMAZING Planet...I archive it & feed on it & I form another Link in a long Chain of Shamen, Healers & Medicine Men, who have also done so through history. Through my Art I share that Love & I manifest my Art through my Long term Project: Tonite. I'm on A Mission!"
Why did you want to be involved in the project? Niceness!
How do you feel about collaborating in this way? Stoked!
Do you have any plans to take this further? Exhibit, further making etc? I'm never one for a long-term plan (Improvise, Mutate, Crustomize, Survive!), but this project has legs, so we'll see.
Nice one Ferg.
Age: 38
Place of birth: Amersham, UK
Art: Yes!
Materials: Pixels, Pilot DR pen, Ink & Skin, Needle & Thread on Denim...& anything else I can get my hands on!
Techniques: Er...see above.
When did you start working as an artist/illustrator, where, at what age? At age 5. Apparently I never used to draw before this (weird!). My parents asked a teacher who recommended an Ed Emberley "How to Draw" book...which really did the trick. Nice one
Teacher & Ed! After that I drew everything.
A little bit about your journey… My journey?….To interpret The World through Art...primarily to Draw it...& thus to Understand it, to Belong to it & in so doing I capture all that I Love about being here on this AMAZING Planet...I archive it & feed on it & I form another Link in a long Chain of Shamen, Healers & Medicine Men, who have also done so through history. Through my Art I share that Love & I manifest my Art through my Long term Project: Tonite. I'm on A Mission!"
Why did you want to be involved in the project? Niceness!
How do you feel about collaborating in this way? Stoked!
Do you have any plans to take this further? Exhibit, further making etc? I'm never one for a long-term plan (Improvise, Mutate, Crustomize, Survive!), but this project has legs, so we'll see.
Nice one Ferg.
its all in the connection!
Artists and artisans are hand selected; our projects are built on human connections. From humble beginnings I hope together we can breathe new life into existing practices that have already lived through generations.
Friday 3 October 2008
Quebrada Verde
On a recent expedition to Peru, South American, I had the opportunity to work with artisans within the Lurwin Valley and Quebrada Verde in Lima. Working intimately within local family run workshops, I deepened my awareness of the skills possessed by local practitioners. This fed my desire to support and celebrate their work on my return to the UK.
Our Good People Policy (in no particular order)
1) This project will evolve…. With only the people that understand and believe in what we are doing
2) No room for egos and ownerships
3) Our connections are forged through relationships and through seeing something beautiful in a place, a person, a skill
4) Orders are managed and shared nobody is over-worked – no sweatshops, no way!!
5) The makers, their family history and working environment put a premium on what we do… they are the product!
a cheeky 6th, because it's too true....
6) always always Share Nicely
Retablos and Slip Casting
'In a globalized world that clamors for identity, in a space saturated with objects that demand true innovation on a devastated planet that urges respect for natural resources and, above all in an impoverished South that requires fair opportunity, as it brings back values, materials, processes, histories, colours, flowers and landscapes. It's a way to offer something different and original' Lujan Cambariere
Editor of M2 (Argentinian Newspaper Pagina12)
The artisans hold all the skills to make successfully but currently compete for the same market as one another. I believe UK artists can help to support the businesses of the artisans by offering alternative inspiration, publicity and sales.
hopes and dreams
The intention of ‘Sharing the Making,’ is to develop partnerships and forge relationships between artist and artisan. I hope that through creative collaborations, we in the UK, can support the tradition of the artisans and at the same time delve into previously unknown fields and new disciplines.
creative types
Each collaboration, involves one UK artist and one native maker, placed in contact to create unique products, which will offer new possibilities for traditional industry.
Our relationships are built on human, creative connections. From humble beginnings I hope together we can breathe new life into existing practices that have already lived through generations.
SHARING the MAKING is a co-operative enterprise all proceeds from which are reinvested in artisan businesses and workshops.
Giuliana Testino
'If people of a given part of the world have a special skill passed on across generations this should be considered a legacy, and we should activate it.'
PROJECTS
Our first project brings together the talented Peruvian Artisan Walter and highly acclaimed UK Illustrator Fergus Purcell, combining the philosophies of traditional, native weaving with an iconic, contemporary aesthetic.
Qualities of the collaboration include an awareness and sensitivity to the attention to detail, naturally sourced dyes, ethical yarns and fine hand finishing evident in this traditional South American Craft.
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A whole lot of energy and excitement is created through one of our collaborations. We’d like to share that with you too. We do this through our products. Take a look and enjoy. Each piece reflects the skill, spirit and personal history of the maker. x
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