Master Weaver: Maximo Laura’s Award-Wining Tapestries
Maximo Laura
by Musuk Nolte for Hand/Eye Magazine

His independent weaving practice began in the 1980s, when he sold his work to pay for his studies in literature in Lima. Eventually, literature faded into the background and the nuances, meanings and ideas inherent in the textiles became his focus.



His work is a woven symbiosis of ancient Andean textiles, international influences, and something deeply personal. It’s art.
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