2023-03-13 12:00Press release

Design Collective Taller Tarapacá opens Showroom in the Sacred Valley

The image shows a tapestry in hand woven wool hanging on a red wall with an abstract motif in red, green and black on a background of natural white. TALLER TARAPACÁ
 SEBASTIAN TAPESTRY - CARPET DESIGN MIGUEL ANDRADE VALDEZ WOOL HAND WOVEN

The design collective Taller Tarapacá is opening a showroom in the Sacred Valley in Peru. Located in a low-slung historic building in Yukay, Urubamba, the showroom features a selection of Taller Tarapacá’s collections of furniture, textiles, and ceramics objets. The Taller Tarapacá Showroom opens March 18, 2023,  and is located next to the Sonesta Hotel Posadas del Inka Yukay on Plaza Manco II 105, Yucay 08665, Urubamba-Cusco, Perú.


A set of three vessels and containers in pigmented ceramics with wooden lids stands on a floor painted in green and yellow colors. A small black dog, a French Bulldog, is walking by.

BODEGÓN 2020 PIGMENTED CERAMICS; WOOD VARIABLE DIMENSIONS, OPEN EDITION, PAULA CERMENO LEÓN FOR TALLER TARAPACÁ 

Heritage Craft and Contemporary Design
Taller Tarapacá’s design has a strong focus on material and craft, combined with clean, architectonic lines and a minimal esthetic. Their design combines heritage craft with contemporary designers. The first exhibition features chairs such as the Silla de Pie by artist Miguel Andrade Valdez and architect Diana Ortega Garagatti, The Edilberto Chair by Ortega Garagatti, together with designer Paula Cermeño León’s Bodegon ceramics and woven carpets designed by Miguel Andrade Valdez. The showroom will also host pop-up shows of artists and artisans. For the opening March 2023, artist Miguel Andrade Valdez is showing a set of water color drawings that inspired a line of wall hangings. During its opening hours, the showroom welcomes walk-ins to take a closer look at and to order Taller Tarapacá‘s sculptural designs, and it is also open by appointment for groups, design lovers and buyers of interior design.

Link to LOOKBOOK

A chair in dark tropical wood with a square seat and a simplified, architectonic back rest stands in front of a handwoven carpet with a floral pattern on a white background.

Taller Tarpaca's Edilberto Chair by architect Diana Ortega Gargatti in front of unique Sebstian carpet by Miguel Andrade Valdez in the Showroom of Taller Tarapapa in Yukay. 

About Taller Tarapacá 
Taller Tarapacá is a design collective founded in 2019 by artist Miguel Andrade Valdez and architect Diana Ortega Garagatti together with industrial designer Paula Cermeño León and textile designer Mozhdeh Matin. The design collective puts top local craftspeople, skilled in working with Peruvian heritage materials and techniques, together with designers to produce editions of textiles, ceramics and wooden furniture for contemporary homes. Taller Tarapacá’s different lines of furniture, textiles and objects merge the sleek minimal design of our times with inspirations from pre-Columbian objects and architecture. Through its production and design, the design collective engages with the community and give agency to the cultural heritage of Peru. With showrooms in Lima, in a house and studio built by Andrade Valdez, the design collective also operates out of a showroom in Yukay in the Sacred Valley close to Urubamba and the Inka heritage sites. Webshop coming soon. https://www.tallertarapaca.com

The image shows an abstract woven wall hanging made using tracdiotonal Peruviant craft. Below, against the wall, is a low slung chair in solid wood with a low back rest.

Hand crafted Silla de Pie Chair by Miguel Andrade Valdez and Diana Ortega Garagatti and on wall tapestry by Miguel Andrade Valdez. 

In Media
Taller Tarapacá has been featured in international media such as AD Mexico and New York Times T Magazine

Contact for appointments and press, Yukay & Lima Showrooms:
Adriana Tomatis Souverbielle. E-mail: adritomatis@gmail.com
Contact international media: Sofia Bertilsson, Art Insider PR, press@artinsiderpr.com

The image shows the historic building in the town of Yukay, Sacred Valley, Peru, where the showroom of Taller Tarapaca is located. Nestled among the green fields of, full of historic buildings and surrounded by vast mountains, Yukay is rich in heritage and craft tradition from Inka culture to our days.

The location of the Taller Tarapaca Showroom in Yukay. Taller Tarapacá is a design collective founded in 2019 by artist Miguel Andrade Valdez and architect Diana Ortega Garagatti together with industrial designer Paula Cermeño León and textile designer Mozhdeh Matin. The design collective puts top local craftspeople, skilled in working with Peruvian heritage materials and techniques, together with designers to produce editions of textiles, ceramics and wooden furniture for contemporary homes. Taller Tarapacá’s different lines of furniture, textiles and objects merge the sleek minimal design of our times with inspirations from pre-Columbian objects and architecture. Through its production and design, the design collective engages with the community and give agency to the cultural heritage of Peru. With a showroom in Lima, in a house and studio built by Andrade Valdez, the design collective also operates out of Yukay in the Sacred Valley close to Urumbamba.

 


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