Leoncio Tinoco Rodriguez.
“I was born between looms, yarns and wool, and grew up surrounded by plants, lichens and rinds, the same which form part of myself. I regard the loom as the ideal friend. Here, I have developed the technique of the “Relleno”, consisting in arranging dyed, unspun wool in a way that the woven textile appears like a painting.
With the help of wool and yarn, our ways of life and emotions are made a tapestry; works which unite different cultural modes of expression – poetry, music, singing and dancing – or life itself.”
Path made to walk..
Leoncio Tinoco Rodríguez for shorter Tino was born in San Pedro de Cajas, a province of Tarma. He is the son of Don Feliciano Tinoco Meza, a master weaver since the first years of Leoncio’s life; thus he comes from a family known for their designs and quality of their weavings. Leoncio is married to Doña María León, also a weaver as well as his great collaborator. Additionally, he is the director of “Tinkuy Peru” a volunteer program; which is already a reality in the lives of many deprived children.
Together with his father and two sisters, Juana and Haydee, Leoncio participated in various exhibitions. He has managed to obtain an outstanding position, due to his innovative and artistic motives, to achieve great acceptance both nationally and abroad. Additionally, his comprising knowledge enables this master of art to teach the traditional techniques of San Pedro de Cajas and to produce its typical weavings.
His artistic works helped him win many prizes, among them the “Premio Nacional Inti Raymi de Artesanía” in 1995, 1996 and 1999. In the year 2000, he had the opportunity to participate in a press conference in the United States, and to demonstrate two fields of his art, natural dying and textile, at the Garfield High School and the Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles, California.
In February 2002, he was a guest lecturer at a conference in Manhattan, New York, hosted by Novica and National Geographic. In October of that year, he participated in the first “Meeting of Andean Artisans“, in Bogota, Colombia. He was recently recognised by the Commission of Cultural Heritage in the Congress of Peru, and awarded the “Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzman“ medal.
Leoncio Tinoco Rodríguez for shorter Tino was born in San Pedro de Cajas, a province of Tarma. He is the son of Don Feliciano Tinoco Meza, a master weaver since the first years of Leoncio’s life; thus he comes from a family known for their designs and quality of their weavings. Leoncio is married to Doña María León, also a weaver as well as his great collaborator. Additionally, he is the director of “Tinkuy Peru” a volunteer program; which is already a reality in the lives of many deprived children.
Together with his father and two sisters, Juana and Haydee, Leoncio participated in various exhibitions. He has managed to obtain an outstanding position, due to his innovative and artistic motives, to achieve great acceptance both nationally and abroad. Additionally, his comprising knowledge enables this master of art to teach the traditional techniques of San Pedro de Cajas and to produce its typical weavings.
His artistic works helped him win many prizes, among them the “Premio Nacional Inti Raymi de Artesanía” in 1995, 1996 and 1999. In the year 2000, he had the opportunity to participate in a press conference in the United States, and to demonstrate two fields of his art, natural dying and textile, at the Garfield High School and the Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles, California.
In February 2002, he was a guest lecturer at a conference in Manhattan, New York, hosted by Novica and National Geographic. In October of that year, he participated in the first “Meeting of Andean Artisans“, in Bogota, Colombia. He was recently recognised by the Commission of Cultural Heritage in the Congress of Peru, and awarded the “Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzman“ medal.
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