Hand Loomed Alpaca Shoulder Sling Bag - Cusco Glyphs jan23bb Mauricio Morales crafts the beautiful

Mauricio Morales crafts the beautiful creature by hand from ceramic

Guatemala's Julio Molina imparts of sense of tranquility with this handcrafted mobile of pinewood and conacaste wood

which is secured by a beaded button

uncut amethyst

Held in a sterling silver ring

Hand Loomed Alpaca Shoulder Sling Bag - Cusco Glyphs jan23bb Mauricio Morales crafts the beautifulMade entirely by hand, this beautiful contemporary bag showcases the ancestral weaving traditions preserved by the women artisans of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. The compact purse exemplifies the incredible time and dedication it takes to produce a handmade work of art. In the highlands they call home, before they can begin to weave the fabric for the bag, the women must first raise and shear the alpacas and llamas to obtain the wool,