BLOG

Natural Organic Jewellery

The eye catching multi-coloured bracelet / cuff is a stunning example of how art and imagination can be expressed within a piece of jewellery.The combination of natural cotton fibres , vibrant colours and refined silver inspires images of nature's elements.

These amazing organic hoop silver earrings in a semi circle shape, encrusted with delicate pale tone river pearls are elegant, stylish and feminine. They look fantastic with their matching ring.

Visit our complete collection to discover our extraordinary and unique pieces of jewellery.

http://quinaandcantuta.com/collections/jewellery

Brighten Up Your Winter Outfits

                                                                              Caramel Leather Lucas Handbag

Our Sumaqkay handmade handbags are a great option to add not only bright colours but also inspiring textures and patterns. Colours such as oranges, beiges, browns, ecrus, yellows add warmth and energy.

 Here are some ideas to provide some inspiration to give colours to your autumn/winter wardrobe.

                                                                                                                                             Caramel Leather Deborah Handbag

Caramel Leather Baul Handbag

These unique handmade handbags fuse tradition and contemporary fashion in one harmonious piece. Our handbags combine ancient weaving techniques and motifs with the most advanced fashion trends.

          Caramel Leather Deborah Handbag

The skillful artisans create new patterns inspired in motifs from pre-columbine Peruvian cultures, using various   materials that give stunning texture and richness to our textiles, such as pima and tangüis cotton combined with leather, raffia, straw and satin threads.

Each handbag is carefully made using the hand-made weaves and genuine leather.

Black leather Lucas Handbag

http://quinaandcantuta.com/collections/handbags

Mirasol - A beautiful story

Quina & Cantuta is thrilled to support a fantastic project called Mirasol.

The Mirasol project is dedicated to improving the education and living standards of children in the Peruvian highlands.

The Mirasol project was started in 2006 by a Norwegian couple, Kari Hestnes and Per Svendsen, former owners of a wholesaler textile business in Norway and customers of Michell & Cia. S.A. (Quina&Cantuta textile’s manufacturer).

They visited the Michell farm called Mallkini back in 2005 for the first time.  Kari and Per were impressed by the charismatic simplicity of the children, especially of a girl called Marisol.  They also saw the reality of the life style of the Andean people and children.  They saw the difficulties the children had in the region to attend school.  The fact was that most children had to walk every single day, between two and three hours to reach their school and the same time to return home on either a cold, rainy or snowy day.

When Kari and Per encountered these problems they came up with the idea of building a boarding house, where children could board from Monday to Friday to be closer to their school and make other activities. They talked with the Michell family and managers and it transpired that they shared the same views.

Thus the Mirasol Boarding school was born. The school is located in the Puno, Peru. The elementary school currently boards more than 45 children of the area of Munani and Mallkini. Plans are now underway to expand the school to cater for Secondary school aged children and Mirasol and its’ supporters are working very hard to obtain the necessary resources to make this dream a reality.

Quina & Cantuta are proud to support this amazing project and a percentage of all Quina & Cantuta’s sales will be donated to Mirasol.

We also want to encourage everyone to learn more about this wonderful project and its achievements. To find out more about the Mirasol project go to http://www.mirasol.com.pe/

Quina & Cantuta

Quina & Cantuta is very excited about the launch of our online store. Quina & Cantuta is a virtual gallery that showcases a remarkable selection of luxurious, crafted, decorative and functional pieces from Peru that combine nature, style and quality.
Quina & Cantuta takes its inspiration from two Peruvian native resources. Both emphasise the unique nature of the pieces of art and design that Quina & Cantuta will bring to the UK. The Quina is a type of tree that represents Peruvian flora resources in their national shield. Its presence in Peruvian history since Pre-Columbian times and during the whole Colonial era, made it became an important natural symbol of the country. The Cantuta Flower is the Peruvian national flower. The Incas, impressed by its beauty, promoted its’ farming in all their domains and consecrated it to their god, the Sun. This is why this flower is also known as The Incas’ sacred flower.
Our aim is to bring the finest Peruvian Art & Design products to sophisticated customers, showcasing the fantastic craftsmanship, tradition and quality of Peru, which has been combined with an innovative and stylish approach.
All of our products respect the principles of Fair Trade, using local sustainable materials that respect both the environment and the craftsmen and women that produce them. We are passionate about our products and about promoting social development in Peru.
We hope you will make Quina & Cantuta a favourite destination to purchase beautiful and exclusive pieces that are full of extrinsic and intrinsic value.

Title

Please provide a bit of copy about Quina & Cantuta

The history, where the products are sourced from etc.