Amaru Shawl

The Amaru Shawl is born from my passion for the history and cosmogony of South American native cultures.

When I was living in Cusco, Peru, many years ago, I learned that the spiritual universe of the Incas was basically divided into three levels:

1. The upper world: Hanan Pacha
2. The underworld: Kay Pacha
3. The world below: Ukhu Pacha or world of the dead, represented by the snake or Amaru in Quechua. It represents the infinite.

Each level, represented by these sacred animals, is present in the daily life of this culture, in all its religious acts and also in architecture.

I will never forget my feelings while walking through the streets of Cusco. Almost all buildings are made with large stones perfectly joined together. The floors are also made of stone. In spite of the passing of the years and of the colonization, when walking through there, you end up being aware of the greatness of this culture and of all the experiences that happened there, on the same ground and on the same stones that