We think our original modern designs mix wonderfully with traditional handicrafts from across the globe. That is why we are excited to introduce a beautiful new product to our collection, a hand made cotton cushion from the Shipibo people of Peru.

The Shipibo people of the Peruvian Amazon are known for their traditional craft of painting on fabric with vegetable dyes. The art-form is well known for its distinctive use of broad and thin angular geometric designs, which describe the lives of their families and communities in the forest.

Plant dyes are used to make a brown tint, which is applied with a metal rod. When the painted cloth is soaked in a special river mud the brown tint turns to black.

This art is performed by women in the community working in close-knit groups. The entire process of dyeing, painting, bathing the cloths in mud, fixing the dyes, and drying the cloths between each step is very arduous and each piece is truly one-of-a-kind.

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