During thousands years, the waeving –or kniting- has been an adjunct of the oral tradition, the collective memory for the pre-Columbian cultures. It has been a historical text that identifies and distinguishes each of the people that formed part of this textile tradition.
The Andean weaving is an exclusively female task, which, although intended to
daily use, hides in itself a symbolism known only to the great weavers.

Women are responsible for transmitting, through the tissues, history and mythology
of their culture.
I start from this idea for the Texere project. “Nispa awaspan” means “we tell weaving” and I take the tradition of embrodering and kniting to talk about my family history and, as a result, my own history and memory.”