The Lucuma Blog

Ana Maria (one of our carvers) is a warrior, resilent and dedicated to move her daughters forward despite the difficulties of leaving her town behind.

Watch the process a gourd goes through to become a santa ornament.

Alejandro and Victoria work together running a workshop that creates many of our popular gourd ornaments.

Mother's Day and Fair Trade Day are both this weekend so we wanted to take a minute and thank you for supporting 360° fair trade which in turn helps support mothers all over the world.

Every year since 2007, the gourd artists from Cochas, Huancayo, host a community Christmas celebration, bringing joy to the local children.

Pablo Hurtado, one of our gourd artists, learned the art of gourd carving at a young age from his parents.