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DIA Y NOCHE: LA BELLEZA DE CHIQUIAN – HOME OF MAYU’S ARTISANS

Friday, August 20th, 2010

You will all learn Spanish now! Today’s title signifies, for those who don’t know, “Day & Night: The Beauty of Chiquian.” For those who can not travel to the Huayhuash mountains of Peru, we wanted to give you a glimpse of the view that our lovely artisans wake up and go to bed to every day…and night. This mountain chain, as well as being a favorite of trekkers worldwide, was also home to the known film Touching the Void.

While the daytime shot was taken by our own Kate Robertson, the dusk shot (found after the break) was taken by Peruvian photographer-in-training, Doris Loyaza,  wife of Mitch Teplitsky (film makers of Soy Andina) for the dusk photo. Doris and Mitch were in Peru with Kate and LOVED Chiquian…

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Chelsea (Mayu Intern)

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MAYU’S FALL KNITWEAR PHOTO SHOOT

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

How much teasing can you handle? Along with our other teaser photos, here are production snapshots from Mayu‘s recent photo shoot, featuring glimpses of our new fall line! This first photo features Laddhavan Sutana, Mayu’s amazing designer (and occasional guest blogger!) dressing a mannequin with one of our new scarves. All of the photos in the shoot are by J Kaminski Photography, and the hair and makeup was done by BLovely Salon & Bridal Styling.

The process of creating a new fall line is a complex and intrepid one. Just imagine, they go through an intense design process, which is then put into practice in Peru, and featured in a high-end, styled fashion shoot in the USA!
More photos after the jump!

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SALUDOS FROM PERU – OUR “MAYUCITA” IS ALL GROWN UP!

Friday, July 30th, 2010


Greetings from Peru! I am having a BLAST here, re-living the Peace Corps days and re-connecting with the Mayu artisans and all of my Peruvian friends. We are working hard to create our Fall designs and look forward to sharing them will all of you! As Internet is spotty, this is going to be a short and sweet post.

Our last entry was about Mayu and the meaning behind the name of this social enterprise. We shared with you a picture of little Mayu, whom I met when she was just 2 years old. Well, now she is 8 years old. I can’t believe how time flies. Here she is, our beautiful  (well, now a senorita) Mayu!

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FAMILY AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: THE MEANING BEHIND THE NAME MAYU

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

My Host Sister, Mayu!

A few days ago, I was talking to a social media expert I met and she asked me “What does Mayu mean?” I responded quickly and told her it was explained on the About page of the www.shopmayu.com website, which I realized that most people probably don’t read. As a result, I’ve decided to give a quick explanation of the word Mayu, as it has become a common word in my daily life (and hopefully across the Internet, as people continue discovering Mayu!). BTW, please help spread the word by following us on Twitter, FB and by RSS feed.

Mayu is a Quechua word, which means ‘RIVER’. Never head of Quechua? It is the native language of the indigenous Incan Empire and the first language of Mayu’s knitters. Unfortunately, however, Quechua has been classified as a “dying language” as Spanish has been given greater priority. I chose to call this social enterprise Mayu, mostly because, throughout my Peace Corps service, it had a lot of significance. (more…)

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NEW ALPACA ACCESSORY DESIGNS => OFF TO PERU!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

The "Corner" Where a lot of Afternoon Knitting Takes Place!

I’m excited to be RETURNING TO PERU, the stomping grounds of my Peace Corps experience, after two years without a visit (day job, student etc…). This year’s excuse is clearly work! Here in the US, Mayu’s designer and I have been working very hard to come up with the greatest new hat, scarf and wrap designs for Fall 2010 (just around the corner!). The artisans in Peru have already started creating the products but we do have to finalize the finishing touches!

I’m bringing with me large bottles of Aleve and multi-vitamins, two items that are more affordable and easier to acquire in the US. I just finished up two months in Albuquerque, NM so I’m eager to share the traditional scents of the Southwest such as Pinon. Wind chimes are hugely popular in NM too, so I picked up a few of those for gifting purposes; they will look beautiful hanging in the artisans’ workshop with views of the Cordillera Huayhuash in the background. The sounds the wind chimes will  be a welcome change from the clicking of knitting needles that we are accustomed to hearing!

I’m especially happy this trip to have the Mitch Teplitsky, the director of one of our favorite Peruvian documentaries, Soy Andina, with me for a few days this trip as well as his wife, Doris, who is Peruvian and born and raised not too far from where Mayu’s artisans live! It should be a great trip and I’m looking forward to sharing it with all of you.

OK, I’m off to the airport and hoping that my 45 minute connection in Atlanta is sufficient…
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