peruvian crafts

A butterfly opens its wings with a regal display of beauty, its image artfully carved into a dried mate gourd. Shading is achieved by passing the carved gourd over small flames. It centers a sterling silver sunflower medallion designed and crafted by Peru's Fabiana Quispe. The pendant centers an elegant sterling chain.

.925 Sterling silver

Posing on a flower, a butterfly reveals its beauty artfully carved into a dried mate gourd. Shading is achieved by passing the carved gourd over small flames. It centers a sterling silver sunflower medallion designed and crafted by Peru’s Fabiana Quispe. The pendant centers an elegant sterling chain.

.925 Sterling silver

A birdhouse inspired by a bird itself--the delicate hummingbird--is the creation of Peruvian artisan Blanca Canto, who hand-crafts and hand-paints it from dried calabash gourd, also known as mate gourd. The birdhouse has a lustrous finish and will look splendidly in your garden or patio.

Peruvian craftsman Daniel Vargas is from Cochas Chico in the El Tambo district of Huancayo province and has been gaining mastery of the Huancayan art of engraving gourds since he was a teenager. Known as mates, the dried gourds are decorated using various engraving and burning techniques. Daniel's design, created by hand, transforms the dried mate gourd into a finely detailed full-figured cat. The top half of the gourd can be lifted up using a painted wooden knob so that small items, accessories, or trinkets can be stored inside.

Pigeons sing songs of love in a nighttime serenade illuminated by florid stars in an inspired design by Peru's Fabiana Quispe. She carves the imagery on a dried mate gourd which she sets in a voluptuous heart-shaped pendant. Crafted by hand with sterling silver, the necklace is a tribute to endless love.

.925 Sterling silver