Scenes from a Maximo Laura Workshop
Moray Archeological site , a short drive from the workshop in Peru. Photo by Steven Tully.
I have been wanting to attend a Maximo Laura workshop for over 5 years now. The timing could not have been more perfect for my husband to travel with me a week before the workshop began. We had lots of time to relax and enjoy our surroundings.
And the “surroundings” were stunning!
The workshop was located in Yucay, Peru at the beautiful Sonesta Posadas del Inca in the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Once the workshop started, he flew home and I was able to focus totally on the weaving. The days were full; we had a daily schedule of about 6 hours of weaving time with breaks throughout the day to get us up and moving.
There were 22 of us!
The room was open until 8pm for any that wanted to keep going; I chose to rest up!
We were assigned pre-warped looms, yarns, and patterns.
Every day after the 5:30 bell rang, I headed for my room with a big pot of tea. I managed to record my daily progress, which I uploaded to Instagram each night. But that’s all I seemed to have energy for!
I’ve been getting lots of questions about this trip. And I have lots more to share, so I’ve decided to schedule a zoom meeting probably sometime in January (hopefully we’ll have our fiber optic cable hooked up by then!) For now, here are some friendly faces from the workshop.
And last but not least, our teachers!
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Update: Zoom presentation was on January 27th.
To see the recording, click here.