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Alfonso Sulca Chávez
  • FieldArt Departments / Textile
  • CountryPeru

 

A Craftsman who has contributed to the creation of the Ayacucho Competitiveness Center and the Technical Table of the Ayacucho Textile Crafts


1. The carpet he made meant the transformation of his work from doing utilitarian blankets into the prototype of wall tapestries. Since then, he and his father have innovated and developed three-dimensional works with scenes of landscapes, mansions, and churches

2. A passionate researcher of natural dyes, which has prompted him to visit different places to rescue native plants and incorporate them into his works with many tonalities and new colors

3. First Award in the Innovation Competition on the Application of Traditional Craft Techniques, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism(2007)

4. Joaquín López Antay Medal, Congress of the Republic of Peru and Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism(2008)