Museums, boutique hotels and interior firms return to Chaska Studio because every piece arrives with documented provenance, a named weaver and a fair trade certificate. These are the partners who keep the looms running.
Curatorial partner since 2019, sourcing backstrap tapestries for the permanent Andean textile wing.
Interior commission for 14 guest rooms in the Sacred Valley, using cochineal-dyed alpaca throws.
Women-led weaving cooperative in Ayacucho, supplying naturally dyed cushion covers and runners.
Lima-based design studio that pairs our wall textiles with contemporary furniture for gallery shows.
Non-profit certifying fair wages and safe working conditions across our partner workshops.
Who we are and why we weave
Each textile begins with a backstrap loom and a weaver who learned the pattern from her mother or grandmother. We record the process, the materials, and the meaning of every motif so the buyer understands what they are holding.
Provenance notes accompany every piece in the catalogue.Cochineal for deep reds, indigo for blues, chilca and qolle for yellows and greens. We work with dyers who still ferment their pigments in clay pots, and we verify that no synthetic dyes enter the batch before a piece is listed.
Dye certificates are available on request for each collection.Fair trade means the weaver sets the base price, receives half of it before the loom is warped, and keeps the pattern rights. We do not negotiate downward, and we publish the workshop's share in the product documentation.
Workshop shares are listed openly on every product page.These are not museum pieces. Alpaca throws are meant to be draped, tapestries to be hung in living rooms, runners to hold hot dishes. We test each piece for durability and share care instructions so it lasts for decades.
Care guides are included with every shipment.We serve two audiences: interior designers who need documented provenance for their projects, and private buyers who want a piece with a real story. Both receive the same level of detail, from fiber content to the weaver's name.
Trade inquiries are handled by our studio team directly.We started Chaska Studio to give Andean textile traditions a place in contemporary interiors without stripping away their origin. Every piece we catalogue comes from a documented workshop, uses natural dyes and hand looms, and is priced so the weaver receives a fair share. Our role is to connect interior designers and conscious buyers with textiles that carry real cultural weight, not decorative copies.