Maximo Laura Peruvian Textile Artist

Maximo Laura (Ayacucho, Peru), is an award winning tapestry weaver internationally recognized as one of South Americas preeminent and most unique textile artists. He is a consultant, designer and lecturer on art and contemporary Andean textile design. His work is the integration and synthesis of ancestral weaving techniques, symbols, memories, myths and rituals with contemporary art. Website: Music Waqay by Tomás Gistau: