From the historic center toward Andamarca
A route map places the workshop in relation to Ayacucho’s Plaza de Armas and the surrounding neighborhoods.
Workshop overview
The workshop brings together weaving, embroidery and wool work. The craft practice is rooted in Ayacucho’s textile traditions and in the migration between rural highland communities and the city. The photographic material follows the route to the workshop, the people at work, and the preparation of wool and dyes.
Craft focusWoven bags, bands, tapestries, embroidery and wool preparation.
Location noteThe workshop was later reported to operate from its own house in the Andamarca area.
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1. The route to the workshop
The older route into the Andamarca area shows the geography of everyday urban life in Ayacucho: steep lanes, unfinished roads, bridges over dry riverbeds and modest houses built around practical needs rather than comfort. This part of the page can work as a documentary introduction before the visitor enters the workshop itself.
Unpaved streets
Parts of the route pass through streets without paving, where vehicles move slowly and daily life is shaped by dust, rain tracks and uneven ground.
Steep urban passages
Some lanes climb sharply and are usable mainly by pedestrians or small moto-taxis. These details give the workshop setting a strong sense of place.
Crossing toward Andamarca
The bridge marks the transition toward the workshop area and the quieter streets beyond the central part of the city.
The workshop house
The former workshop space was located in a simple urban house. The building itself tells part of the economic story behind the craft.
2. Weaving and embroidery inside the workshop
The workshop is both a production space and a social space. People weave, stitch, prepare materials, talk, care for children and show finished pieces. The photographs are strongest when presented as a human craft story rather than as a raw inventory.
Work at the loom
Loom work requires patience, precision and equipment that represents a serious investment for a small workshop.
Outdoor work
Some weaving can be done outside, using available light and open space when the weather allows it.
Collective craft work
The workshop functions as a shared working environment, with adults and children often present in the same space.
Embroidery bands
Fine stitched bands show the decorative side of the workshop’s production and the steady handwork behind each piece.
Woven bag with bird motifs
Bird designs appear as symbolic decorative motifs. Present them as craft motifs unless you can verify a specific cultural interpretation.
Tapestry work
The tapestry format highlights the workshop’s ability to move beyond practical items into more decorative textile pieces.
3. Wool preparation and natural dyeing
The final part follows wool as a material: stored in different colors, rewound for use, heated in dye baths and dried after coloring. This process gives the visitor a clearer sense of how finished textile pieces begin.
Prepared wool
Colored wool hangs ready for later work, showing the palette before it enters the loom or embroidery process.
Rewinding wool
The rewinding process prepares the thread for more controlled use in weaving and related textile work.
Dyeing over fire
Wool is dyed in heated water over an open flame. This part of the process links craft production to older, low-tech methods.
White wool enters the dye bath
The transformation from raw white wool to colored thread begins in the dye bath, before rinsing and drying.
Removing the dyed wool
After heating, the colored wool is lifted from the kettle and prepared for drying.
Drying
Freshly dyed wool is hung up to dry before it can be used in finished woven or embroidered pieces.
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