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Weave a Real Peace is a networking organization whose mission is to foster a global network of enthusiasts who value the importance of textiles to grassroots economies.
www.weavearealpeace.org
A GUIDE TO GLOBAL HANDMADE TEXTILES FROM THE MEMBERS
OF WARP
Artisan Textile
Artisan Textile
ResourcesResources
SECOND EDITION
October 2015
Welcome to WARP’s second Artisan Resource Guide,
This guide will introduce you to the rich resources that Weave a Real Peace (WARP) members have to offer. Within these pages, you will find beautiful textiles to purchase—retail and wholesale—as well as individuals that offer services to grassroots economies that depend on textile production.
WARP has a broad spectrum of membership including all manner of textile enthusiasts, makers, consultants, educators, fair-trade professionals; along with community-based programs, projects, and organizations stitched together by a common thread of creating a more connected textile community.
If you are not a member, please join us today by visiting our website at www.weavearealpeace.org.
First and foremost a networking organization, you can help WARP create a more connected textile community by sharing this resource with everyone you know.
Cindy Lair
Board Chair, Weave a Real Peace (WARP)
MissionTo foster a global network of enthusiasts who value the importance of textiles to grassroots economies
Purpose • Exchange information • Raise awareness of the importance of textile traditions to grassroots economies • Mobilize textile enthusiasts • Create conversations that result in action
WARP’s Core Values• Textiles are an important component of the human experience.• Networking and sharing information creates an environment for constructive action.• Making connections between textile artisans worldwide promotes positive social change.• Interacting with people who have similar values enriches our lives.
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WARP CommitteePhilis Alvic (Chair), Jackie Abrams, Liz Gipson, and Marilyn Murphy
Creative and Editorial Services - Second EditionDesigner, Tonia Dee Martin; Proofreader, Nancy Arndt
On the cover: Mayan Hands basket weaver Caterina Barán from Chimaltenango, Guatemala
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Retail Above the Fray: Traditional Hilltribe Art ................................................................................................................... 3Amigos de Taquile * ..................................................................................................................................................... 4Anyi, Inc.* ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5Bebali Foundation * ..................................................................................................................................................... 6Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco ................................................................................................................... 7ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace ............................................................................................................... 8Cotton Clouds, Inc. *.................................................................................................................................................... 9Cultural Cloth * ........................................................................................................................................................... 10Endangered Threads Documentaries *................................................................................................................... 11Fusion De Maya * ....................................................................................................................................................... 12Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos) * ................................................ 13ibu ................................................................................................................................................................................ 14Industrious Anarchy .................................................................................................................................................. 15The Little Silk Road Shop * ....................................................................................................................................... 16Marrakesh Express * ................................................................................................................................................... 17Mayan Hands * ........................................................................................................................................................... 18Partners for Just Trade *............................................................................................................................................. 19Queen Amina Embroidery *...................................................................................................................................... 20STUDIOBOOKS * ......................................................................................................................................................... 21Threads of Life ........................................................................................................................................................... 22Thrums Books * .......................................................................................................................................................... 23UPAVIM Crafts * .......................................................................................................................................................... 24*Wholesale Accounts Available
WholesaleKatyi Ya’a: Taller Colectivo de Algodón Nativo ..................................................................................................... 25Ngurunit Basket Weavers ......................................................................................................................................... 26PAZA ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27Schacht Spindle Co .................................................................................................................................................... 28Y’abal Handicrafts ..................................................................................................................................................... 29
ServicesJackie Abrams (Consultant, Designer) .................................................................................................................... 30Philis Alvic (Consultant, Designer) .......................................................................................................................... 31Cloth Conspiracy (Consultant, Designer, Conservation/Restoration, Curator) ............................................... 32Jackie Corlett, Motif (Consultant) ........................................................................................................................... 33Carol Hayman (Tour Operator) ................................................................................................................................ 34Dr. Lin Hightower (Consultant, Designer, Curator, Tour Operator) .................................................................... 35Janice G Knausenberger (Consultant, Designer) ................................................................................................... 36Local Cloth (Community Organization) ................................................................................................................ 37Anush Mirbegian (Consultant, Designer) .............................................................................................................. 38Noble Journeys (Consultant, Tour Operator) ......................................................................................................... 39PUCHKA Peru (Designer, Tour Operator, Internships) .......................................................................................... 40Sarah Saulson (Consultant, Designer) ................................................................................................................... 41Karen Searle (Conservation/Restoration) .............................................................................................................. 42Adrienne Sloane (Consultant) ................................................................................................................................. 43Diane de Souza Designs (Consultant, Designer, Production Dyeing) ............................................................... 44Tia Stephanie Tours, Cultural Journeys (Tour Operator) ...................................................................................... 45Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys (Tour Operator) .......................................................................................... 46
Index ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47Note: all images are used with the organization or individual's permission. Please do not reuse without seeking permission of the owner.
TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
2141 Crest Dr. Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 485-9386
www.hilltribeart.com
Contact person: Maren Beck or Josh Hirschstein
Above the Fray presents handwoven, naturally dyed silk, cotton, and hemp textiles selected from independent artisans, and from village markets in the hilltribe regions of Laos and Vietnam. Developed over years of visits, our close relationships with the artists enhance our ability to represent this region’s finest traditional textile arts. In an era of rapid modernization, we recognize that these traditional artists, their hereditary art forms, and their indigenous cultures will better sustain their vitality and vibrancy if broader interest is cultivated.
Above the Fray: Traditional Hilltribe Art
Middle: A weaver in Houaphon Province, Laos, wearing her tradi-tional shaman’s shawl.
Left: Maren and Josh, Above the Fray owners, with silk weavers.
Right: A silk weaver in Houaphon Prov-ince, Laos, showing her naturally dyed silk ikat.
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2345 Airline Dr. Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 606-9140 Hedy Hollyfield or (703) 768-7174 Barbara Wolff [email protected]
www.ayni-usa.org
Contact person: Hedy Hollyfield or Barbara Wolff
Wholesale Accounts Available
Ayni aims to preserve cultural heritage in Peru and to promote social welfare in Andean communities through sponsorship of cultural programs by selling Peruvian art and crafts. A small not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 by Hedy Hollyfield, Kathlyn Avila, and Barbara Wolff, Ayni helps to keep Ayacucho’s fiber traditions alive. Your purchase of Peruvian crafts and textiles supports cultural preservation projects in Ayacucho, Peru, as well as the communities that spin, dye, and weave the fiber.
Ayni, Inc.
Top: Tapestry “Fish Weaving.”Bottom: Gift card detail.
Tapestry “Inca Terraces.”
41342 O Rd.Paonia, CO 81428
(970) 527-6570
http://taquilefriends .blogspot.com
Contact person: Tara Miller or Samuel Brown
Wholesale Accounts Available
We offer fine handwoven and knitted textiles from Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru, that have been fairly traded for solar supplies over a three-decade relationship. As a ceremonial family member, we are considered to be padrinos, co-parents, parents, and even grandparents within an extended family on Taquile. Our collection for sale includes wool and alpaca hats, ceremonial purse-bags, eyeglasses leashes, wrist ties, vests, and gloves. Visit our blog, email, or telephone for details on specific items.
Amigos de Taquile
Top: Handwoven eyeglasses leashes with traditional double warp patterns.Bottom: Finely knit earflap hats in various sizes.
A family from Taquile Island poses with Tara Miller and Samuel Brown with their new solar panel.
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Avenida Sol 603 Cusco, Peru
51-84-228-117 [email protected] www.textilescusco.org
Contact person: Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez
The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996, when the textile traditions in the Cusco region of the Andes were in danger of disappearing. Currently working with over 450 weavers in ten communities, we manage traveling exhibits, a museum, retail stores, teaching and training centers, and provide ongoing support to our community members. Our objectives are to revive and continue the cultural heritage of textile creation, educate people to its tradition, and stimulate the production of traditional-based textiles. Tours are offered through Andean Textile Arts (andeantextilearts.org). Our products are available in the United States through www.clothroads.com.
Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
A handwoven tote bag using naturally dyed yarns in the central pattern.
A Chinchero elder wearing her manta and spinning indigo-dyed wool.
Kubu Roda, Jalan Bisma 3, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia
+62-361-976581 [email protected] www.bebali.org www.plantmordant.org
Contact person: William Ingram
Wholesale Accounts Available
The Bebali Foundation works with indigenous weavers in remote, underdeveloped villages across Indonesia, to incubate community businesses, responsibly manage natural-dye resources, and nurture traditional culture. The foundation’s Plant Mordant Project offers natural dyers worldwide a unique opportunity to make reliable colors exclusively from plants by sourcing powdered leaf from the Symplocos trees as an alum substitute. It is currently developing community-based, sustainable production of indigo, Morinda red, and Ceriops brown dyes for export markets.
Bebali Foundation
Top: Livelihoods for Sympolocos collectors encourages conservation of threatened Indonesian forests. Bottom: Symplocos collectors sorting leaves in Flores, Indonesia.
Indonesian traditional weaving uses Symplocos as a red dye mordant.
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Naturally dyed and handwoven bags and scarves from the artisans of the Center for Traditional Tex-tiles of Cusco.
Top: Handwoven and naturally dyed silk scarves and shawls from Lao artisans.Bottom: Your indigo resource for dyes, fabrics, products, and videos.
306 N. WashingtonLoveland, CO 80537 (970) 685-4964
www.clothroads.com
Contact person: Marilyn Murphy
ClothRoads is your gateway to a world of authentic textile culture. Here you’ll find folk textiles, accessories, fabric, and fiber materials from many corners of the globe, along with stories of indigenous artisans and ancient techniques used in both traditional and modern ways. From the rivers of India to the mountaintops of Peru, we go directly to the source to bring you the work of skilled artisans who are dyeing, weaving, spinning, printing, and embroidering some of the world’s most beautiful objects. When you purchase from ClothRoads, you help us build and develop new markets that allow artisans and communities— especially women and girls—to flourish.
ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace5176 S. 14th Ave. Safford, AZ 85546
(800) 322-7888
www.cottonclouds.com
Contact person: Irene Schmoller
Wholesale Accounts Available
Cotton Clouds proudly offers Mayan Hands products and Tintes Naturales Friendship Towel Kit. Read more about this collaboration on the Tines Naturales blog www.naturaldyeproject.wordpress.com. We supply quality cotton and cotton-blend, rayon chenille, bamboo, linen, and blended cellulose yarns, on cones and skeins. Exclusively designed kits are available for weaving towels, scarves, throws, and home décor. We offer a wide selection of cotton fibers—Pima and Acala ginned cotton, Easy-to-Spin® Acala, Pima, Brown and Green slivers as well as punis, hand-dyed sliver and our educational, “All About Spinning Cotton” kit, Handspinning Cotton, and how-to DVDs.
Cotton Clouds, Inc.
Top: Handwoven towel.Bottom: Yarns for weaving.
Dyed cotton fiber.
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W3560 State Rd. 35Maiden Rock, WI 54750
(715) 607-1238
www.culturalcloth.com
Contact Person: Mary Anne Wise
Wholesale Accounts Available
Cultural Cloth collaborates primarily with women throughout the developing world to produce exquisite home textiles and personal accessories. Our colorful retail shop is filled with gorgeous textiles. The shop is a test kitchen where we cook up products that have a sustainable chain of production. Products that test well become eligible for wholesale production targeted to a select group of nationwide retailers. As lifelong textile artists, we understand the demands of our market and are available for consultation on product feedback, design, and development. We offer tours to Guatemala to "buddy up" with the Mayan women whom we’ve taught to hook rugs and successfully shepherded them through the Folk Art Market application process.
Cultural Cloth
Global textiles on display.A bed "in situ" in our retail shop, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin.
1530 Tuolumne St.Vallejo, CA 94590
(707) 643-7765
www.endangeredthreads.org
Contact person: Kathleen Vitale
Wholesale Accounts Available
A 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit focusing on filming Maya weaving and textiles in Guatemala and southern Mexico. Endangered Threads Documentaries (ETD) DVDs document the history and practices of Maya weavers, with intimate views of their lives and art form. These documentaries will be of interest to staff and public audiences of museum exhibitions, anthropology teachers and students, fiber artists and weavers, textile enthusiasts, and travelers. ETD documentaries are used to educate Maya children on the colorful and creative history of weaving in their own culture. Spanish and English soundtracks are included on most ETD productions. Customized video loops for museums exhibiting Maya textiles are available.
Endangered Threads Documentaries
Top: Laura Jacqueline Gomez Ramirez, 12, shows off her parrot Lorenzo.Bottom: ETD documentaries highlight Maya weavers and their weaving.
Endangered Threads Documentaries.
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July 1- Oct 31: PO Box 421 Montrose, AL 36559 Nov 1- June 30: 20 Bay View Ave. South Dartmouth, MA 02748
(917) 566-4211
[email protected] mardurpur.blogspot.com
Contact person: Marjorie Durko Puryear
Wholesale Accounts Available
As a textile artist, product designer, and collector of indigenous textiles, I focus on fine craftsmanship and indigenous textile traditions. I am owner, designer, and colorist for Fusion de Maya that specializes in one-of-a-kind scarves, shawls, and decorative pillows using various cottons, silk, linen, and bamboo, and chenille threads. The products are skillfully woven by indigenous weavers on traditional backstrap looms who belong to two weaving cooperatives in the highlands of Guatemala—Asociación Maya de Desarrollo and Fundación Tradiciones Mayas. Because of my association with these two fair-wage textile cooperatives, Mayan weavers are provided income opportunities while sustaining traditional practices.
Fusion De Maya: Marjorie Durko Puryear, HANDWOVENS
Five bamboo chenille scarves. Top: Silk, Tencel, and bamboo scarves and shawls.Bottom: Raw silk and cotton shawl.
Canton Chuacante San Pedro la Laguna Solola, Guatemala
011 (502) 5641 9451 or 5932 0000
Contact person: Berta Angela Navichoc Cotuc (Spanish only) Barbara Ancheta (English)
Wholesale Accounts Available
Teixchel is a cooperative of weavers made up of mainly widows or single mothers. Most of the women weave at home on backstrap looms. They make scarves, shawls, many styles of bags, backpacks, cushion covers, placemats, table runners, change purses, baskets, and traditional cloths for wrapping goods and food. New designs are always appearing. Products are made with either plant-based dye from materials harvested locally or purchased yarn with ecologically sound dyes. Backstrap weaving and natural-dye instruction can be arranged, and we accept special orders.
Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos)
Choose from a wide variety of scarves, shawls, and bags.
Bags hanging at the cooperative store in Guatemala.
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183 King St.Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 647-8031
www.ibumovement.com
Contact person: Susan Hull Walker
Ibu is a collection of luxurious women's garments and home décor handcrafted by global women artisans. It is offered both online at ibumovement.com and at the ibu Showroom at 183 King Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Susan Hull Walker, a weaver and former minister, along with ibu's in-house seamstress and design team, collaborate with artisan groups in Chiapas, Madagascar, India, Laos, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and beyond to create kantha swing vests, dusters, boleros, hand-felted cocoon wraps, ikat jackets, handwoven tote bags, and smoking Jackets from vintage silk. Many bolsters, cushions, headboards, benches, and throws will also be available.
ibu
Top: Striped wild silk ruanna from Madagascar.Bottom: Hand-felted silk burlap Cocoon Wrap by U.S. artisan Kathryn Roth.
Chiapas Chic, handwoven cotton ruanna.
1157 S. Taylor Ave.Oak Park, IL 60304
(708) 203-6843
www.industriousanarchy.com
Contact person: Maggie Leininger
Industrious Anarchy is a social-conscious enterprise promoting eco-friendly production of textiles via an online marketplace, on-site workshops, and collaborations with farmers and producers of textile goods. Products for sale include handspun yarns, naturally dyed goods, handwoven and knitted wearables, and much more. Collaborations include working with the Fibershed, Illinois Humanities Council, Urban Threads, and other entities that support culturally and environmentally informed production of objects.
Industrious Anarchy
Handspun handwoven naturally dyed silk and linen cloth.
Naturally dyed handspun yarns.
Handspun handwoven churro wool and cotton throw.
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791 College Ave. #2Haverford, PA 19041
(610) 649-7717
www.marrakeshexpress.org
Contact person: Susan Schaefer Davis
Wholesale Accounts Available
Giving Moroccan women access to a world market by selling their weaving online, thereby retaining more profit as they bypass the middleman, is my focus. On my website, you can “meet” and buy directly from Moroccan weavers in the nonprofit section, Women Weavers OnLine. The rugs are handwoven wool and usually one-of-a-kind; some women can also weave to order. I lead cultural tours where we visit some of the weavers, as well as meet other Moroccans in their homes. When I am in Morocco in the spring, I can shop for a Moroccan rug in the style, colors, and size you would like.
Marrakesh Express
Top: Pillow woven in Ben Smim.Bottom: Buying a rug at an artisan's home during a tour.
Rug woven in N'kob, Morocco.
N. Husainov #1Bukhara 200118, Uzbekistan
009 (989) 362 49454
www.facebook.com/ littlesilkroadshop
Contact person: Azizbek Gulyamov
Wholesale Accounts Available
The Little Silk Road Shop has strong ties in Central Asia gained by establishing reliable contacts with officials and cooperating closely with artisans, craft persons, workshops, and manufacturers. Our collaborative team is producing masterpieces that combine the modern style with the cultural traditions. We provide work and a sense of pride for the women who make these textiles. Using traditional designs and motifs, natural dyes, and fabrics and upcycling, we meet the demands of modern lifestyles in a way that keeps ancient traditions alive.
The Little Silk Road Shop
Beautify people’s lives and homes with beautiful embroideries.
Artisans at work on Suzani textiles.
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9607 Dr. Perry Rd.Suite 114Ijamsville, MD 21754
(518) 729-1900
www.mayanhands.org
Contact person: Anne Kelly
Wholesale Accounts Available
The mission of Mayan Hands, a nonprofit, fair-trade organization, is to empower Guatemalan Mayan women artisans in their quest to bring their families out of extreme poverty while maintaining the culture they cherish. The Mayan Hands artisan partners create high-quality handmade textile and artisan products that include scarves; handbags and other accessories; home décor such as table runners, placemats and napkins; pine-needle baskets; felted-wool animals; friendship bracelets; Judaica products; Christmas and other holiday gifts.
Mayan Hands
A Mayan Hands basket weaver at work.
A magnificent pine-needle basket.
2236 Tower Grove Ave.St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 707-2831
www.partnersforjusttrade.org
Contact person: Cheryl Musch
Wholesale Accounts Available
Partners for Just Trade (PJT) is a fair-trade, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships between artisans in need and consumers in the United States. PJT addresses the root causes of poverty through fair-trade sales, education, solidarity, and a commitment to trade justice. We work primarily in Peru and import knit stuffed animals, alpaca hats and scarves, Chulucanas pottery, nativities and ornaments, and more. We also have screen-printed bags and wallets and handwoven scarves from Cambodia; metal art and papier-mâché from Haiti; and scarves from Egypt. PJT is a member of the Fair Trade Federation.
Partners for Just Trade
A Peruvian knitter from the artisan group El Mercurio.
Stuffed animals are hand knit in remote Huancavalica, Peru.
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7 Hickory Ln.Hilton Head, SC 29928
(843) 785-8383
www.studiobooks .homestead.com
Contact person: Mary B. Kelly
Wholesale Accounts Available
STUDIOBOOKS is a publishing company and bookseller, founded in 1990. The items published are directly related to my textile research. In 1980, I began a year-long project in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. I lecture for textile tours, sponsored by the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., and the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Iowa. I have published Goddess Embroideries of Eastern Europe, Goddess Embroideries of the Balkan Lands and Greek Islands, and Goddess Embroideries of the Northlands (a trilogy of textile symbols) and in 2012, Goddess Women Cloth. I offer charted grids for embroidery from various countries including Norway.
STUDIOBOOKSc/o Ya’u Tanimu, Dept. of Teacher Education, Institute of Education Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, NIGERIA
011-234-80-3932-8035
Contact person: Hassana Yusuf, Manager
Wholesale Accounts Available
The Hausa people of northern Nigeria are renowned for embroidery of voluminous robes known as babban riga. In Zaria City, robe embroidery was primarily done by men until the 1970s, when women began to take up the hand-embroidery work. In 1994, several excellent women embroiderers, who were interested in embroidering smaller pieces using robe designs, such as pillows, pouches, and placemats, came together to form the group, Queen Amina Embroidery, managed by Hassana Yusuf.
Queen Amina Embroidery
Top Right: Embroidered placemats with variations of the Northern knot pattern. Bottom Right: Embroidered pillows in Northern knot and “come and see” patterns used in men’s robes.
Embroidered pouches for computers, smartphones, and small items.
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306 N. WashingtonLoveland, CO 80537
(970) 685-4964
www.thrumsbooks.com
Contact person: Linda Ligon
Wholesale Accounts Available
Thrums Books is a world of textiles in books and other media. Which do we love more: traditional publishing or traditional textiles? It’s a draw. Tangible books —well made, made to last, beautiful photos, thoughtful page design, deep content—we love making them. Handmade cloth—expressions of people and cultures and the timeless touch of human hands—that’s what our books are about. Thrums Books are available through our sister company, www.clothroads.com.
Thrums BooksKubu Roda, Jalan Bisma 3, Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia
+62-361-976581
www.threadsoflife.com
Contact person: William Ingram
Threads of Life is a fair-trade gallery in Ubud, Indonesia, that works directly with over a thousand weavers on twelve islands across Indonesia. Through its work, rural poverty is alleviated utilizing culture and forest conservation. The heirloom-quality textiles and baskets Threads of Life commissions are made with local materials and natural dyes. With the proceeds from sales, Threads of Life helps weavers form independent cooperatives and manage their resources sustainably.
Threads of Life
Center: Working directly with weavers on twelve Indonesian islands.Right: Supporting the development of weavers’ cooperatives.
Left: Representing weavers’ heirloom-quality master works.
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Calle Independencia s/n San Juan Colorado Oaxaca, Mexico
951 219 3111 or (530) 419-5191 USA [email protected]
Contact person: Margaret MacSems
Katyi Ya’a is a young, multi-generational organization run collectively in the indigenous Mixteco village on the coast of Oaxaca. Our name means brown cotton, and we spin and weave native, locally grown, organic natural brown and white cotton. While cotton and textile production is centuries old, a democratic women’s textile collective is something new. Katyi Ya’a produces high-quality backstrap loom–woven textiles that include shawls, scarves, pillow covers, table runners, placemats, napkins, and shoulder bags. Besides taking custom orders, we sell drop-spindle and wheel-spun thread in three different weights.
Katyi Ya’a: Taller Colectivo de Algodón Nativo
Center: Natural cotton drop-spindle handspun thread.Right: Backstrap loom–woven Kuyuchi shawl.
Backstrap loom–woven pillow covers.
9607 Dr. Perry Rd. Suite #114Ijamsville, MD 21754
(301) 515-5911
www.upavimcrafts.org
Contact person: Mary Joan Ferrara-Marsland
Wholesale Accounts Available
UPAVIM Crafts is a fair-trade business that is a part of UPAVIM, a cooperative of about eighty women who live in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Guatemala City. For over twenty-five years, their goal has been to improve the quality of their lives and community through education, job creation, health, and nutrition. They produce an array of colorful products made from handwoven fabric including kitchen items, jewelry, fashion accessories, bags, recycled gifts, holiday décor, and toys and gifts for babies, children, and pets. All profits go to funding their alternative school.
UPAVIM Crafts
Top: Ingrid and her sister with the pop-up bunny.Bottom Left: Recycled corte, man’s necktie.Bottom Right: Gnome ornament.
Holiday oven mitts and pads.
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PO Box 352Maralal 20600, Kenya
254 (721) 565383
Contact person: Laura Lemunyete
The Ngurunit Basket Weavers is a cooperative based in the Ngurunit Community of Samburu County in northern Kenya. Their baskets are sold under the label of Nomadic Baskets. The product line is based on the traditional style of the Rendille camel-milking basket, which was a dying craft before the women of Ngurunit banded together to preserve it. Now, the traditional weave using doum palm and wild sisal with bead and shell decorations is used to weave many different usable designs and sizes. These beautiful baskets are perfect for use in home and office or as a special gift.
Ngurunit Basket Weavers
Top: A basket weaver at work.Bottom: Nomadic Basket’s product line is based on traditional camel-milking baskets.
A meeting of the members of the Ngurunit Basket Weavers.
Casilla 837Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America
(591) 727-62665
www.pazabolivia.org
Contact person: Dorinda Dutcher
PAZA is the volunteer work of Dorinda Dutcher and supporters who help Andean weavers preserve their weaving heritage and care for their families with the sales of their craft. The program in Bolivia includes the Club de Artesanas in Independencia, natural-dye workshops, product design and development, and a volunteer program. The traditional line of products includes ch´uspas (shoulder bags), incuñas, and tapa bancas (lengths of woven cloth). New designs include various styles of cosmetic bags, guitar straps, yoga mat straps, and belts. Production is limited because of the lengthy handcrafted process from sheep to weaving.
PAZA
The weavers and the work of PAZA.
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6101 Ben Pl.Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 442-3212
www.schachtspindle.com
Contact person: Judy Pagels
Schacht is experienced with shipping to foreign countries and working with weaving and spinning projects worldwide. Established in 1969, Schacht is a full-service weaving and spinning supplier. Manufacturer of the award-winning Cricket Loom, innovative folding travel Sidekick Spinning Wheel, Ultra Umbrella Swift, and the new Zoom Loom—4/4 pin loom. Other popular products: the Flip rigid-heddle loom, Ladybug and Matchless spinning wheels, Wolf Pup, Baby and Mighty Wolf Looms, Standard Floor Looms—as well as all of the accessories to go with them. Other products include the Cranbrook Countermarche Loom and the Schacht Reeves Spinning wheel.
Schacht Spindle Co.
Baby Wolf folding floor loom.
Cricket rigid-heddle loom. Ladybug spinning wheel.
7 Calle 13-29 Zona 1, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
00 (502) 5326-84784
www.yabal-handicrafts.com
Contact person: Allison Havens
Y’abal Handicrafts is a Guatemalan, fair-trade business that supports two women’s cooperatives of indigenous backstrap weavers through the sale of our textiles and embroideries. We also provide micro-credits, job-training programs, and maternity leave for the women weavers. As Y’abal weavers, we are proud of our quality craftsmanship and contemporary design in our collections for men and women that includes bags, purses, scarves, and home accessories.
Y’abal Handicrafts
Top: Cooperative of weavers from Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan.Bottom: Calado Scarf.
Circo Campas Bag.
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Top: Jackie in Ghana with KamiAmi women.Bottom: KamiAmi wallets crocheted from plastic bags.
110 Arbor Hill Commons #24Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 257-2688
www.jackieabrams.com
Contact person: Jackie Abrams
I am interested in helping to develop small craft industries within communities in need. The technical assistance I offer may include teaching, producing goods, and marketing. I teach both crocheting and basketry techniques and often work with recycled materials—discarded plastic bags and old clothes. I have had experience working with women in both Ghana and Uganda.
Jackie Abrams
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER
Coiled baskets of plastic bags.
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER
2815 Phoenix Rd.Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 276-0356, (859) 227-2137 (cell)
www.philisalvic.info
I can help you evaluate your products for the market in the United States and design items using local skills and materials. Working together we can develop a marketing plan that includes expansion while involving everyone in the business success. As a short-term consultant in Peru, Morocco, Nepal, India, Armenia, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka, I bring the understanding of forty years' weaving- and craft-organizing experience. Researching early Appalachian weaving centers for Weavers of the Southern Highlands, University Press of Kentucky, 2003, impressed on me the similarities with crafts production in emerging international countries.
Philis Alvic
“Angles from Africa” – small dolls or ornaments designed for the Episcopal Diocese of Kagera from materials available in northwestern Tanzania.
Philis Alvic in Sri Lanka with members of Pung Craft, a cooperative that makes baskets from Cattail (Typha) stems and leaves.
Angels from Africa
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CONSULTANT, DESIGNER, CONSERVATION/RESTORATION, CURATOR
2810 Wilderness Pl.Boulder, CO 80301
(480) 280-2185
www.clothconspiracy.com
For sixteen years, I lived a museum life. I am available for museum consultation on any issue, but specialize in exhibit design and development and curating textile exhibitions. I am a textile historian with expertise in Southwestern textiles and archaeological textiles, particularly ancient Andean cloth. I have experience in textile preservation, conservation, and archival storage of materials. I teach weaving, spinning, and natural dyeing and love sharing the joy of sustainable eco-dyeing. My Esty shop, judyblues dyelab, donates 5% of all profits from eco-dyed fabrics to WARP.
Cloth Conspiracy
Top: Textile collage, eco-dyed with lavender.Bottom: Detail of eco-dyed fabric.
Ancient Peruvian Fragment.
201 E Church St. Royal, IL 61871
(217) 552-0537
www.motifltd.com
Contact person: Jackie Corlett
Working with artisan groups having growing pains is my best fit. Since 1989, I have lived and worked with artisans, providing a healthy training ground. I co-founded Motif, a fair-trade accessories business in Bangladesh in 1998. Consultancy and training, that I deliver on a myriad of growth issues, are from firsthand experience. Although I’m a designer, all the logistics of running a business must work as well. When it does, artisans grow from being solely producers to professional suppliers.
Jackie Corlett, Motif
Left: Motif Smiles 1— Motif Team, Bangladesh.
Center: Design Workshop, Cambodia.Right: Clear Communication Workshop, Bangladesh.
CONSULTANT
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(470) 678-6239
www.linhightower.com
Contact person: Lin Hightower
I am a professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta with an MFA in Fibers and doctorate in Art Education. I have served as an artist and art product designer for low-income artisans in Turkey, Nepal, India, Thailand, Egypt, Morocco, and Peru. My product designs expanded artisans’ sales markets while preserving their indigenous art techniques and cultural heritage. I have received three Fulbrights for work in this area. I have designed and taught courses at universities abroad to expand my work and make it sustainable.
Dr. Lin Hightower, Art Professor, Kennesaw State University
Top: Bags designed using Thai Mudmee fabric for Mahasakham Un.Bottom: RINAC Textile Museum, Thai Mahasakham Un exhibit.
Hightower designs for the Center for Traditional Tex-tiles of Cusco Artisans, Peru.
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER,CURATOR, TOUR OPERATOR
TOUR OPERATOR
1001 Eason St.Austin, TX 78703
(512) 477-3099
http://carolhaymanphotos .weebly.com/peru.html
During a Peruvian Reality and Craft Tour you will spend a few days in Lima visiting museums and craftspeople. Then fly to the lovely mountain town of Ayacucho to visit with artisan families including Hojalateria Araujo, the award-winning family workshop famous for tin candleholders, crosses, mirror frames, and ornaments made out of new and recycled tin; Professor Agripino Huaman Palomino, maker of delicate silver and gold filigree jewelry; and the weavers of the Santa Ana barrio to watch them dye and weave. The hospitable artisans invite you into their homes so you can see how they live.
Carol Hayman
A member of the Hojalateria Araujo tinware artisan workshop.
Professor Agripino Huaman Palomino, a silver fili-gree jeweler from Ayacucho at work.
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
3 High Bluff Dr.Weaverville, NC 28787
(828) 407-0678
www.localcloth.org
Judi Jetson, Chairman
Local Cloth began in 2011 when founder, Judi Jetson, then an employee of HandMade in America, imagined a new way to grow the craft economy employing the economic development strategies traditionally used in developing countries of import substitution and adding value. If we love local food, why not local fiber? Our mission is to support and sustain the regional fiber and textile arts economy and professions through collaboration, education, and innovation. We aim to grow the fiber economy in the southern Appalachian region, focusing on craft artists, fiber animal farmers, and small-scale fiber mills and processing businesses.
Local Cloth
Top: Local farmer Bryan Orr, Vice Chairman of Local Cloth, raises a small flock of 100 Shetland sheep.Bottom: A weaver at work.
The western North Carolina region has more than 400 fiber art professionals, a higher number, per capita, than anyplace else in the United States. Artist Barbara Zaretsky produces garments made from hand-dyed silk stamped using natural colorants.
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER
3336 Memphis Ln.Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 805-0959
www.jgkdesigns.com
For over twenty-five years, I have served as an international consultant specializing in weaving and other fiber arts, production efficiency, and design. I have lived and consulted in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States, and I have experience working with people from diverse backgrounds, ages, and skill levels. Skilled in translating customer’s stated and unstated expectations into handwoven articles, I know how to translate vision into art inspiration.
Janice G Knausenberger
Top: Njabini Woolcrafters in Kenya, with products made during a workshop. Bottom: Working with weavers in Nairobi, Kenya.
Janice and Kenya weavers in Njabini experimenting with new designs with naturally dyed handspun wool.
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CONSULTANT, TOUR OPERATOR
5435 E. Placita Del MesquiteTucson, AZ 85712
(800) 566-9228 or (520) 319-1929
www.noblejourneys.com
Contact person: Joan Noble
We offer creative, enlightening, and delicious journeys to Morocco, Peru, Italy, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, and more. Meet artisans in their homes and villages, shop in local markets, and dine in private homes as well as local restaurants. Stay in charming small hotels typical of each locale. Great guides, excellent private transportation, unique activities thanks to longtime friendships with local people eager to welcome us and share their daily lives and culture. Hands-on workshops can be arranged and programs customized to your specific wishes. We specialize in working with small groups and individuals.
Joan Noble/Noble Journeys
Sunrise in the Sahara.
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER
231 Jackson St. Apt. 2Brooklyn, NY 11211
(315) 783-8045
www.anushmirbegian .tumblr.com
With ten years of experience working independently in the contemporary and high-end fashion industry, I provide design and creative services including product development, market research, graphic and marketing support, styling and presentation ideas, and collaborative projects. To date, I have worked with artisan business including Zardozi, Dot2Knot, and Saleh Fine Silk in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Loom to Luxury in India, and Caritas in Armenia. Wearable textiles, fashion and clothing, and accessories are the focus of my work. I'm looking to work with artisans interested in applying their techniques to a contemporary fashion product and market.
Anush Mirbegian
Anush Mirbegin (center) in India.
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CONSULTANT, DESIGNER
105 Crawford Ave.Syracuse, NY 13224
(315) 449-9423
www.sarahsaulson.com
I am a full-time professional weaver, designer, dyer, and teacher for nearly 30 years. I have a background in anthropology and in-depth knowledge of the technical side of weaving and yarns, color, and textile design. A faculty member at Syracuse University, I am available to provide design and weaving support and consultation to producer groups.
Sarah Saulson
Two generations of weavers in Maheshwar, India, at the Handweaving School.
Sarah and a weaver in Northern Ghana create twisted fringe.
DESIGNER, TOUR OPERATOR, INTERNSHIPS
Urb. Brisas de Santa RosaMz. I, Lt. 17III Etapa, San Martin de Porres Lima 31, Peru
Canadian address: 2645 Mt Stephen Ave. Victoria, BC V8T 3L5
51 (991) 368-938
[email protected] or [email protected]
http://puchkaperu.com
Contact person: Giancarlo Soldi or Sasha McInnes
We are a small service company built upon fair/ethical-trade ideals. Our purpose is to share some of the extraordinary, fascinating, and magical history, sites, textiles, folk art, and traditions of Peru via tours: Twenty-two days in enchanting Peru with nine days of workshops visiting Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cusco, Machu Picchu, and much more or twelve-day tour to Ayacucho/Huamanga to see the WARI/Huari archaeological sites; visit villages, markets, museums, and workshops of many textile/folk artists. Internships with Living National Treasure and master weaver Maximo Laura and other Indigenous Peruvian textile and folk artists available.
PUCHKA Peru
Top: Maestro Marcial (center) holding his lovely Tablah de Sarhua painting. Bottom: Sra. Leonora Condori (teach-ing a Puchka (drop spindle) workshop.
In the PUCHKA Tapestry Studio in Arequipa. Maestro Laurade (left) demystifying the process and preparing his group of students to dive in.
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CONSULTANT
31 Barnard Ave.Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 926-1914
www.adriennesloane.com
I am a practicing fiber artist with many years of both hand- and machine-knitting experience. My degree in anthropology has helped inform a strong interest in working with knitters internationally to strengthen their abilities so that they can sell their knit goods at fair-labor prices. I have taught sculptural fiber overseas and worked with indigenous knitters in Peru and Bolivia. I would welcome the opportunity do such work again.
Adrienne Sloane
Images from Andrea’s time in Peru.
CONSERVATION/RESTORATION
2108 Randoph Ave.Saint Paul, MN 55105
(651) 338-1698
www.karensearle.com
Repair and restoration of precious heirloom textiles: specializing in knit, crochet, lace, beaded bags.
Karen Searle
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TOUR OPERATOR
1260 Patricia Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734) 769-7839
www.tiastephanietours.com
Contact person: Stephanie Schneiderman
We design and operate textile art and cultural journeys to Mexico, parts of Colombia, and Panama. Our tours focus on natural dyeing and ikat dye resist, and the weaving techniques woven on backstrap and pedal looms, such as brocade, gauze, and tapestry. We explore textiles and dress as ethnographic expression that forms an essential part of the cultural landscape of the country. Our tours explore the coast and isthmus of Oaxaca, La Chinantla, Oaxaca, the Sierra Norte and Valley of Tehuacan, Puebla, and the Maya highlands of Chiapas. We also offer a unique program on the Mexican Rebozo: Ikat Techniques and Traditions.
Tia Stephanie Tours, Cultural Journeys
Left: Gauze and brocade weave on backstrap loom: Amuzgo community, Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero.
Center: Evaristo Borboa, master ikat dyer and weaver of the Mexi-can Rebozo de "jaspe" (ikat), Tenancingo, State of Mexico. Right: "Caracol purpura pansa" purple dye tradition of the Mixteco community, Pinotepa de Don Luis, Coast of Oaxaca.
CONSULTANT, DESIGNER, PRODUCTION DYEING
PO Box 2051El Prado, NM 87529
(575) 770-2572
http://dyeing2weave .wordpress.com
My primary expertise is in dyeing natural fibers in enviornmentally sound methods useing natural-dye extracts. Services include instruction, consultation on methods, costs, processes, and viability and dyeing of natural fibers. I also have considerable experience in natural-fiber manufacturing and construction techniques including weaving, spinning, and knitting.
Diane de Souza Designs
Top: Indigo pot.Bottom: Woven shibori.
Naturally-dyed color wheel.
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Retail Above the Fray .................................. 3 Amigos de Taquile ........................... 4 Ayni, Inc. ............................................ 5Bebali Foundation ........................... 6Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco ............................................. 7ClothRoads ........................................ 8Cotton Clouds, Inc. .......................... 9Cultural Cloth .................................. 10Endangered Threads Documentaries ............................... 11Fusion De Maya .............................. 12Grupo Ecologico Teixchel .............. 13ibu ..................................................... 14Industrious Anarchy ....................... 15The Little Silk Road Shop .............. 16Marrakesh Express ......................... 17Mayan Hands .................................. 18Partners for Just Trade ................... 19Queen Amina Embroidery ............ 20STUDIOBOOKS ................................ 21Threads of Life ................................ 22 Thrums Books ................................. 23UPAVIM Crafts ................................. 24
WholesaleAmigos de Taquile ............................ 4Ayni, Inc. ............................................ 5Bebali Foundation ........................... 6Cotton Clouds, Inc. .......................... 9Cultural Cloth .................................. 10Endangered Threads Documentaries ............................... 11Fusion De Maya .............................. 12Grupo Ecologico Teixchel .............. 13Katyi Ya’a ......................................... 25The Little Silk Road Shop .............. 16Marrakesh Express ......................... 17Mayan Hands .................................. 18Ngurunit Basket Weavers .............. 26
Partners for Just Trade ................... 19PAZA ................................................. 27Queen Amina Embroidery ............ 20Schacht Spindle Co. ....................... 28STUDIOBOOKS ................................ 21Thrums Books ................................. 23UPAVIM Crafts ................................. 24Y’abal Handicrafts .......................... 29
Community OrganizationLocal Cloth ...................................... 37
Conservation/RestorationCloth Conspiracy ............................ 32Karen Searle .................................... 42
ConsultantJackie Abrams ................................. 30Philis Alvic ....................................... 31Cloth Conspiracy ............................ 32Jackie Corlett, Motif ....................... 33Cultural Cloth .................................. 10Dr. Lin Hightower ............................ 35Local Cloth ...................................... 37Janice G Knausenberger ................. 36Marrakesh Express ......................... 17Anush Mirbegian ............................ 38Noble Journeys ................................ 39Sarah Saulson ................................. 41Adrienne Sloane ............................. 43Diane de Souza Designs ................ 44
CuratorCloth Conspiracy ............................ 32 Dr. Lin Hightower ............................ 35
DesignersJackie Abrams ................................. 30
Philis Alvic ....................................... 31Cloth Conspiracy ............................ 32Cultural Cloth .................................. 10Dr. Lin Hightower ............................ 35Diane de Souza Designs ................ 44Fusion De Maya .............................. 12Janice G Knausenberger ................. 36Anush Mirbegian ............................ 38PUCHKA Peru ................................... 40Sarah Saulson ................................. 41
InternshipsCenter for Traditional Textiles of Cusco ............................................. 7PUCHKA Peru ................................... 40
Personal ShoppingMarrakesh Express ......................... 17
Production DyeingDiane de Souza Designs ................ 44
ToursCultural Cloth .................................. 10Mayan Hands .................................. 18Carol Hayman ................................. 34Dr. Lin Hightower ............................ 35Noble Journeys ................................ 39Marrakesh Express ......................... 17 PUCHKA Peru ................................... 40Tia Stephanie Tours ......................... 5Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys ...............................................46
Video LoopsEndangered Threads Documentaries ............................... 11
INDEXINDEXTOUR OPERATOR
117 Garfield #7Ashland, Or 97520
(541) 646-0496
www.traditionsmexico.com
Traditions Mexico has been creating pioneering cultural tours focused on indigenous textiles and lifeways in southern Mexico since 1996. Our tours introduce you to the people and places of another land, another way, and another pace. We take you across the cultural gap by creating encounters around common interests such as weaving, pottery, or food creation. In this way, we share and participate, creating dynamic encounters and breaking down barriers. Our knowledgeable guides take travelers to places of rich, ancient, and little-known traditions to meet the last of the Mixtec shell dyers, Zapotec silk producers, backstrap weavers, and cotton spinners.
Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys
Top: Embroidery on velvet in Santa Rosa de Lima, Mexico.Bottom: Backstrap weaving natural brown cotton in Huazolotitlan, Mexico.
Spinning cotton on tour in San Juan Colorado, Mexico.