about
Lilliana is an environmental engineer and textile artist. Born and raised in Peru, she was surrounded by fanciful colors and patterns from the very beginning.
Lilliana has designed and woven almost 600 textile pieces that are held in private collections worldwide under Paz Industrias and Paz Handmade labels in the Baby-wearing community.
She has been honoured to teach the craft of weaving. Her presence is more than just to familiarize students with the technique, but also to help them realize their creativity.
She went to Kootenay School of Art in Nelson to study Fiber Arts and has studied weaving under Leola Witt in Vancouver Island.
Her environmental engineering background gave her a solid education in the values of sustainability, but her textile practice have truly fired her passion to see unique, colorful fabrics put out into the world.
She was born in Peru, has lived in the Dominican Republic and currently resides in Victoria BC Canada.
artist statement
Weaving ground me and allow me to fly at the same time. When I sit in front of the loom the dance start. A dance of “una arañita tejedora”, where in each movement I see the continuous creation of cloth, where with each weft I have the opportunity to create, experiment, and follow my intuition. Improvisation? yes! that is my style.
My work is primarily textile based, created using both ancient and novel techniques in weaving, tapestry, dyeing, and embroidery. The process of creating colorful cloth speaks to me, and I see colors as a messenger of happiness. I constantly look for color pallets in nature, I use those colors as an initial inspiration and I introduce more colors in not order. I just follow how I am feeling and where the cloth wants to go.
A combination of my Peruvian heritage as well as my education as an environmental engineer brought about the outlook I have on my work. Bold textiles! I want colors to be part of everyday life. I find love, comfort, and warmth in textiles.
