Empowering Women Through Design in Rural Peru

Thank you so much for your ongoing support of Awamaki Lab. This project teaches women the skills they need to create and produce fashionable, unique products for sale in international markets.  The past three months have been big for Awamaki Lab. Since the start of the project, Awamaki has provided the three...

Dear supporters, Thank you for your ongoing support of the Awamaki Lab sewing cooperative. This is a special project report, written by Paula, one of the seamstresses (translated from the Spanish). We think this is a great testament to the increasing ownership and direction they are taking over the project! Paula...

Since our Season 2 Launch this January, we have been busy selling, producing, and refining our Awamaki Lab products to bolster support for our Ollanta cooperatives.  In February, the Lab team hosted a series of trunk shows across the U.S., connecting with networks of friends and family, and former Awamaki volunteers to...

  To celebrate our sewing cooperative's ONE YEAR anniversary, we're hosting a fundraising shindig!  Over the past 12 months, we've worked hard to create a supportive, dynamic studio environment where novice seamstresses, visiting designers, and sewing professionals can exchange knowledge, artistic viewpoints, and...

Awamaki Lab finished up 2011 with lots of creative momentum, thanks to the passion and energy of our wonderful design and cooperative teams.  Andria Crescioni and Courtney Cedarholm worked closely with sewing instructor Paula Huillca and members of the knitting and sewing coops to complete their Fall/Winter 2012...

In the spirit of Peruvian summer, Awamaki Lab has been abuzz with creative activity. This September, our talented Season 2 fashion designers, Andria Crescioni and Courtney Cedarholm, joined us in Ollantaytambo to begin their four-month residency. The recent Parsons graduates are working side-by-side with members of both...

This Spring, Awamaki Lab officially opened the doors of its sewing co-operative space and began its capacitationes program.  With much elbow grease and the discovery of our staff’s latent construction skills, we transformed an old office into a fully functioning production site for three novice...

Over the course of our holiday fundraising with GlobalGiving, the Awamaki Lab team was busy preparing the launch of its inaugural collection in New York City.  In our quest to build a robust, closed-loop fashion supply chain in Ollantaytambo, Peru, we’ve recognized the importance of engaging the fashion world to...