1970s Eddie Sulca Peruvian Woven Abstract Tapestry

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Native from Ayacucho, Peru, Eddie was a 3rd. Generation Award Winner tapestry weaver. His grandfather rediscovered a technique – Arwi … Read more Native from Ayacucho, Peru, Eddie was a 3rd. Generation Award Winner tapestry weaver. His grandfather rediscovered a technique – Arwi – that took the Peruvian tapestry to the next level 100 years ago.

Eddie continued with the family tradition and celebrated his 50th Anniversary as a weaver. Eddie started weaving with his grandfather when he was 10 years old. At 15 he won a prestigious award in Ayacucho and started his own atelier with a helper.

Sulca had been exhibiting his work and poetry in both Peru and abroad. Sulca’s tapestries are made of sheep wool dyed using plants and insects and are in the “punto arwi” – a pre-Incan technique.

Edwin Sulca was a third-generation master
weaver from the city of Ayacucho in Peru. Mr.
Sulca’s tapestries are made of sheep wool dyed
using plants and insects, and are woven in the
“punto arwi” – a pre-Incan reversible technique.
He inherited the wisdom and teaching of his
father Victor and his grandfather Ambrosio,
who was awarded the national distinction of
Great Master in Peru in 1994. Mr. Sulca has
been exhibiting his work and poetry since 1979,
both throughout Peru and abroad (in Brazil,
Ecuador, Spain, Switzerland, and the United
States). He was the artist-in-residence at the
Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA in 2000,
and in Williams College in 2005. Mr. Sulca has
exhibited at Harvard University, Phillips Exeter
Academy, and in several galleries. See less