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“I was born between looms,
yarns and wool, and grew up surrounded by plants, lichens and rinds, the
same which form part of myself. I regard the loom as the ideal friend.
Here, I have developed the technique of the “Relleno”, consisting in
arranging dyed, unspun wool in a way that the woven textile appears like
a painting.
With the help of wool and
yarn, our ways of life and emotions are made a tapestry; works which
unite different cultural modes of expression - poetry, music, singing
and dancing - or life itself.”
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Leoncio Tinoco Rodríguez was born in San Pedro de
Cajas, a province of Tarma. He is the son of Don Feliciano Tinoco Meza, a master weaver since the first years of Leoncio’s life; thus he comes from a family known for their
designs and quality of their weavings. Leoncio is married to Doña María
León, also a weaver as well as his great collaborator. Additionally, he
is the director of the “Cultural Center of Popular Arts, Sumacc Wanka,
actively participating with his own creations together with other
artisans, to enable children and beginners to learn the weaving
techniques of San Pedro de Cajas. |
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Pili Tinoco, she is five years old |
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Together with his father and two
sisters, Juana and Haydee, Leoncio participated in various exhibitions.
He has managed to obtain an outstanding position, due to his innovative
and artistic motives, to achieve great acceptance both nationally and
abroad. Additionally, his comprising knowledge enables this master of
art to teach the traditional techniques of San Pedro de Cajas and to
produce its typical weavings. |
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His artistic works helped
him win many prizes, among them the “Premio Nacional Inti Raymi
de Artesanía” in 1995,1996 and 1999. In the year 2000, he had
the opportunity to participate in a press conference in the United
States, and to demonstrate two fields of his art, natural dying and
textile, at the Garfield High School and the Mark Twain Middle
School in Los Angeles, California.
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In February 2002, he was a
guest lecturer at a conference in Manhattan, New York, hosted by
Novica and National Geographic. In October of that year, he
participated in the first “Meeting of Andean Artisans“, in Bogota,
Colombia. He was recently recognised by the Commission of Cultural
Heritage in the Congress of Peru, and awarded the “Juan Pablo
Vizcardo y Guzman“ medal. |
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