The Qhapaq Ñan
was a network of Andean roads that linked the various pre-Hispanic peoples from Colombia to Argentina. The work "Walking through the Qhapaq Ñan" represents the paths that communities of native peoples of the Andean area take today, migrating along these ancestral routes from their territories and moving through the Andes mountain range. Fibers of both animal and vegetable origin accompanied the weaving of our native peoples. I take these fabrics and their symbols as an inspiring source to represent current realities.
The soul of my work is vegetal, organic and a native element that alludes in its broadest sense to the vital relationship of man with nature.
I process the dried fruit, to transform it into the fiber that will be the support of my work. The fibers are structured and make up grid surfaces that undulate simulating the mountain range. Grids are made up of flat surfaces and patterned areas. They are connected to each other through wefts of cotton thread that continue the image. The thread is the nexus between past and present, the one that maintains ties and links the social fabric, the one that weaves life stories. A new environment is reorganized configuring the survey of a route.
When carving the matrix on which I print the fiber, I make an analogy with the potter's utensil that engraved the design on his ceramics; this printing on the fiber refers to the cultural mark that people leave while moving on this migratory map.