Mother Earth / Pacha Mama, 1989; 10"x15", relief and painting on handmade paper.

Estos textos investigué para hacer las conexiones visuales y táctiles de mis quipus con los ejemplos encontrados en diferentes lugares del Tawantinsuyo (las 4 regiones del Imperio: norte, sur,este,oeste) por los arqueólogos dedicados al estudio de los quipus/khipus.

This texts I’ve investigated in order to make my quipus' visual and tactile connexions with the samples found in different places of the Tawantinsuyu places (the empire’s 4 regions: north, south, east & west) by the arquaelogists studying the quipus/khipus.

https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/written-in-knots/the-role-of-color

Quipus 2020: September 10, 2021; 22" x 16", embossing on handmade paper (made of abaca and cotton layers), chip, bijouterie, marine shells, objects from Florida's beaches and wax seal.

Quipus melodies, Stave for my musicians friends, 2019; 22"x16"; handmade paper: layers of abaca, cotton and sisal.

Quipus 16: relief and marbling on handmade paper (abaca and cotton) 

Rimachi Mayta's (Potosí 1793), quechua's poem dedicated to his mother. 2016; 20”x18" relief, calligraphy on handmade paper 

Quipus and  dreamcatcher, 2016; 22"x16", embossing on handmade paper.

Series quipus re-constructions, 2016, layers of abaca, cotton and sisal.

Quipus the horse, embedded sisal and beads, mailing stamps, fax rolls and wax seal

The letter, 1988; 18"x22", japanese paper, mailing stamps, real and drawing beads 

Quipus 121, 8"x12"; embossing, painting on handmade paper

Oriental mixed quipus, 1989; 21"x12", sisal and Chinese-like characters  

 My muse’s Delires hand; 1988, Brasil; yarn, bamboo and mixed media on cotton and algae fibers.