Furniture

Craft of the Peru - Its diversity, colorful and creativity

Peruvian handicrafts It is among the most varied in the world, as evidenced by the extensive network of exporters who each year exhibit the skill of Peruvian craftsmen in Europe, Asian and North American.

Craft of the Peru - Its diversity, colorful and creativity

their diversity, colorful, creativity and multiple functions make it a fundamental activity not only for the configuration of the Peruvian identity but also for the survival of thousands of families and even entire communities, such as Sarhua and Quinoa, in Ayacucho. Those little pieces that cause the admiration of friends and strangers contain centuries of history loaded with pre-Hispanic shapes and symbols which have merged with others brought by the Spaniards.

That multiple and complex identity is, perhaps paradoxically, one of the reasons for the marked tendency of the modern Peruvian handicrafts "naive art" that impregnates of tenderness and innocent wisdom to his pieces. Excellence of trades handmade in Peru it shows, for example, in the harmony of the geometric designs in tissues, the detailed representation of peasant life in the carved gourds, cultural miscegenation and colorful altarpieces.

But in the strange world view of the Shipibo designs, the finely carved Huamanga stones, the ephemeral dazzle of flower carpets, fireworks and candles, the complex Baroque nature of the wooden carvings, the beauty of the pieces in gold and silver and the many forms it takes the clay in ceramics.

These works are just some of the manifestations of a people who communicate mainly through art, using a language whose fundamental aspects are abundance, fertility and commitment to the future.

ephemeral art

One of the biggest attractions of the mystery of ephemeral art is the long and patient effort deployed to the beauty lasts a few minutes or maybe seconds. They have been grouped in this complex genre those jobs that can only be appreciated for a very short period, despite being works of art whose production has taken a wide array of time and creativity.

CERAMICS
Pottery is one of the most widespread activities in Peru. Ancient pre-Hispanic techniques used by the Vicus cultures, Recuay and Pashash, as the "Colombina" and "negative painting", obtained by the reduction of oxygen in baking, They are currently being developed in Chulucanas (Piura) and also in the northern jungle by native communities Arabelas. Another technique used in Simbilá (Piura), and in Mollepampa (Cajamarca) It is the paleteo, that is to mold ceramics with hands and paddle strokes. Utilitarian and decorative pottery Chulucanas -particularly in the district of La Encantada, where census 250 artisans is one of the most recognized, especially the fine nuances made by ceramists in their use of black and burnished in their vessels, as well as the development of characters costumbristas (chicheras, musicians and dancers) and animals that come alive with the mud worked by hand. The Pottery is heavily traded in the markets of Cusco, Juliaca (A lot), Arequipa and a network of centers and craft fairs held in Lima.

It seems impossible but each product has permeated the passion of its artisans, his wits, creativity and joy of colors. further, They are pieces of art as they are unrepeatable handmade objects that in very few cases have been the intervention of a machine.

Even, in various parts of Peru pottery is still made in the same areas, with the same clay quarries and the same art of more than three thousand years. Peru is so popular ceramic pottery reaches the degree of doneness with which it works.

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