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ProTeje, For The Weavers of Guatemala
Born from a desire to preserve the Guatemalan history of the backstrap weaving culture of indigenous women, five women volunteers of the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Dress launched ProTeje (for the...
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Amuzgo Weavers On the Rise
“When an Amuzgo woman ties her loom to her waist, she not only creates a fascinating textile of quality and beauty, but symbolically she recreates the world, writes the history of her ancestors and...
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A Textile Tour of Tribal Weaving in Indonesia
“The most exciting textile tour you are ever likely to find – the trip of a lifetime!” This is the lead sentence for the Tribal Weaving of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia that hooked me this past...
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An Artisan in Support of Maya Mothers
From the moment Marilyn Anderson arrived in Guatemala in 1965 she was taken with the vibrant and colorful Maya artisan traditions. Throughout the 1960s and 70s she learned to weave on a backstrap loom...
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Tinkuy, A Gathering of the Textile Arts in Peru
Last month, over 800 weavers, spinners, knitters, textile enthusiasts, and scholars attended Tinkuy, the third international gathering of textile artisans in Cusco, Peru. And what a gathering it was....
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Textile Travel to Peruvian Highlands
In our monthly textile events calendar, we highlight a textile tour, either one we have taken or know the person leading the tour. Since adding this listing a year ago, we’ve learned one thing—you love...
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Mothers as Artisans
I’m seated on the ground next to a Peruvian artisan from Chinchero, Peru, as she weaves on a backstrap loom. I carefully watch her fingers deftly picking a pattern, a pattern she has memorized, no...
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Textile Travel With A Natural Dye Highlight
Over the past few weeks, we have journeyed on textile travels along two very different cloth roads : Linda Stark, along with Linda Ligon and Karen Brock of Thrums Books, were traveling in Morocco...
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Along the Clothroad Crossing Paths in Guatemala and Life
There are a few people in my life whose path I’ve crossed for forty-some years. This is a good thing–especially when one of them is the remarkable Deborah Chandler, weaver and co-author of Traditional...
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Textile Tour to the Peruvian Highlands, Register Now
Many tours offer the “off-the-beaten path” experience but the Andean Textile Arts textile tour to the Peruvian Highlands delivers. Whether you’re a textile enthusiast, an adventure traveler, or along...
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