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The workshop in Raqchi, its visitors, the pieces in use and the places Sañu has reached.

Pottery workshop

Groups of visitors shaping and decorating their pieces at the workshop in Raqchi. · 6 photos

  • A group of visitors in aprons in front of the Sañu workshop
  • Workshop tables set with turning bases and paints
  • Visitors in the workshop, among shelves of pottery
  • A visitor shapes a piece on the turning base
  • Two visitors shape clay at the workshop
  • A visitor decorates her piece with natural paints

The workshop and its pieces

Daily work in Raqchi: preparing the clay, shaping, decorating and displaying the finished pieces. · 8 photos

  • Máximo Amaru at the workshop, holding a clay figure
  • Máximo Amaru prepares the clay outdoors
  • A young man shapes an aríbalo at the workshop
  • A young man decorates pieces at a workshop table
  • The workshop showroom with shelves of pottery
  • Finished keros decorated with geometric designs
  • Decorated aríbalos and jugs, ready for firing
  • Keros decorated in green and terracotta

On the table and made to order

Sañu tableware in use at a restaurant, and custom orders with a company's name or logo. · 7 photos

  • A Sañu cup with the Catfetin name under an espresso machine
  • Soup served in a Sañu dish with handles
  • Mini burgers served on a Sañu plate
  • A waffle breakfast on a Sañu plate
  • Cups made for Inka Express's 15th anniversary
  • Custom cups drying before firing
  • Rows of custom cups and planters

Training sessions

Pottery training sessions with artisans. · 6 photos

  • Training: artisans seated in a circle watch a demonstration
  • Preparing the clay during a training session
  • A shaping demonstration for a group of artisans
  • An instructor shapes a piece in front of women artisans
  • Artisans work clay at a long table
  • Standing artisans watch a demonstration

With potter families

Visits to the workshops of potter families in the region. · 13 photos

  • Pieces handed over at the door of a house
  • A visit to a workshop with pieces on the floor
  • Checking pieces on the shelves of a workshop shop
  • A visit to a woman artisan in her workshop
  • Looking at clay figures with a woman artisan
  • Bull figures drying in bowls
  • A visit to a potter family next to their kiln
  • Pieces drying in the sun in a workshop yard
  • A meeting in a workshop
  • Recording clay figures in a workshop
  • Talking with a woman artisan in her workshop yard
  • A woman artisan next to shelves of clay figures
  • Interviewing a woman artisan in her workshop

Innóvate Perú, 2016

Award ceremony and exhibition of the National Gastronomy Innovation Contest, by Peru's Ministry of Production. · 6 photos

  • Winners of the National Gastronomy Innovation Contest with their trophies, Innóvate 2016
  • Innóvate 2016 winners on stage
  • Innóvate 2016 award ceremony at the podium
  • Winners at the Innóvate 2016 venue
  • Máximo Amaru shows Sañu pieces to a visitor at the exhibition
  • Máximo Amaru with Sañu pieces in front of a video of the workshop

Madrid Fusión, 2017

Sañu at Peru's stand at Madrid Fusión, as a winner of the National Gastronomy Innovation Contest. · 4 photos

  • The Sañu panel, utilitarian pottery with natural pigments, at Peru's stand
  • Máximo Amaru next to the Sañu panel at Madrid Fusión
  • Máximo Amaru at Peru's stand at Madrid Fusión
  • Máximo Amaru outside the Madrid Fusión 2017 venue

National Youth Award, 2017

Ceremony of the Yenuri Chiguala Cruz National Youth Award, by Peru's Ministry of Education, at the Casa de la Literatura Peruana. · 3 photos

  • Máximo Amaru receives the award cheque
  • The award presented at the Casa de la Literatura Peruana
  • Award winners with their diplomas

With Incuba UNSAAC

The Sañu innovation project's stand at a fair, with the business incubator of the National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cusco. · 3 photos

  • Máximo Amaru at the Sañu project stand of Incuba UNSAAC
  • The Incuba UNSAAC stand with Sañu pieces
  • Máximo Amaru speaks with a microphone at the stand