Awamaki Lab's Seamstresses and Weavers Make Connections!
As you may know, the focus of Awamaki’s Awamaki Lab project is to connect local Peruvian artisans with increased access to international consumer markets through innovation in design. This mission is fulfilled by recruiting designers from around the world to work directly with Awamaki’s artisans to create new and exciting products to showcase their work. As new designs are introduced, several different groups of women take part in helping to create the new products, all of whom play an integral part in the success of Awamaki Lab. Today the project had a mini-triumph of sorts when one of Awamaki’s weavers...