Path: Meet Gloria Chura Apaza

Meet Gloria Chura Apaza

This is a collection of reflections about the materials that I work with and the meaning behind it.

By Gloria Chura Apaza

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Gloria!

This is a beautiful picture of Gloria taken this past weekend, Dec. 2023. She made the clothes that she is wearing and the richness of the mountains is behind her.

By Amy J.

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Gloria shows her work and explains the time it takes to make the fabrics

In this video, Gloria shows her work and explains how long it takes to make different pieces. The purses take about a month to make. They are all made by hand with Alpaca wool...

By Amy J.

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Gloria 3rd video

This talks about her goals and what Gloria would like to do in the future! It is expensive to sell these because of the time that it takes to make these fabrics. However, ther...

By Amy J.

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Design Elements and Meaning

"In the designs will be appreciated: Inti Chunchu Inti pele Moro inti Ichu inti Mutual chunchu In different weavings there is always the Andean duality, which is, sun and moon...

By Amy Spittler Shaffer

Utah, United States

The Process

"The work I do has many processes.1: pulling out alpaca or sheep wool shearing.2 spinning to obtain wool3 wool spinning with herbs, cactus , roots and flowers .4: twistin...

By Amy Spittler Shaffer

Utah, United States

A bit more about Gloria’s vision

By Amy Spittler Shaffer

Utah, United States

Intro video, testing subtitle translation

Hey Amy and Matt-- this is the service I'm considering that we use for the translated subtitles. I can't actually do the translated-to-english version before paying/fully sign...

By Amy Spittler Shaffer

Utah, United States

Introduction to Gloria

By Amy Spittler Shaffer

Utah, United States