Asociaci贸n de Mujeres del Altiplano 5a. Avenida 6-17 Zona 1. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Tel.+(502) 7761-6408 ama@highlandsupportproject.org www.amaguate.org www.pixanproductions.org
Pixan Spirit of Fashion
Natural Dye
Scarves
These scarves speak much more than a fashion statement; they tell the stories of the artisans who produce them. Women use native plants found in their communities to create natural-tinted dyes. Fabric is then woven using a back-strap loom—an ancient Mayan technique passed down through generations. Wrap-up in one of our lightweight scarves and feel the beauty of the Guatemalan Highlands. Delicately soft, our scarves display stitching with intricate detail, resist design and braided fringe on each end. Each scarf measures 14 in. in width and 74 in. in length. Browse our variety of colors to learn what indigenous plants were used to create the natural-tinted dyes.
1) Purple and Violet Combination Natural Element: Sacatinta and Hibiscus Flower
2) Lila Natural Element: Fresh Sacatinta Plant
3) Purple Natural Element: Dry Sacatinta Plant
Colors Available
7) Olive Green Natural Element: Ruda and Pericon Plants.
8) Green and Coffee Combination Natural Element: Ruda and Pericon Plants.
4) Shades of Gray Natural element: Beet and Ashes.
5) Blue and Sky Blue Combination Natural Element: Fresh and Dry Sacatinta plant.
6) Blue Gray Natural Element: Sacatinta Plant and Ashes.
Bags
The Globe Trotter
The “Globe Trotter� is the ideal travel bag, with easy-access to travel documents on the go, an innovative zippered pouch for safe smart-phone storage and a hidden cash and card pocket. Sleek enough to wear underneath a blouse for those adventures through crowded spaces yet fashionable enough to sport across your shoulder to look as good as the bag makes you feel. This bag is hand crafted using natural-tinted dyes, a sustainable, environmentally-conscious and culturally-celebratory alternative to using commercial-dyes. Available in a gentle cream color with soft blue stripes or bold grey with black stripes, featuring a smooth suede top. Each bag has a 54in. strap that wears comfortably across your body or over your shoulder.
Heart Cross The “Heart Cross� is made for the casual days. This bag is hand crafted using natural-tinted dyes, a sustainable, environmentally-conscious and culturally-celebratory alternative to using commercial-dyes. An inside zippered bag gives you the confidence to carry your important things anywhere. Available in a gentle cream color with soft blue stripes, featuring a smooth suede at the top with a 54in. strap that wears comfortably across your body or over your shoulder.
Using the resist technique, this fabric was hand-crafted to include sacred Mayan cultural symbols, such as cocoa, the four cardinal points and corn. The combination of different native plants creates natural dyes that paints this bag with a beautiful spectrum of blue hues. With a convenient inside pocket equipped with a zipper, never lose track of small personal items again. An additional top zipper ensures that all of your valuables stay contained. Always paid a fair wage for their labor, the female artisan who produced your bag receives technical and marketing training and is able to contribute financially to her family’s economic well-being.
Colors Available
Hand dyed from renewable sources grown locally, this double bottom line product supports the efforts to assist farmers to reclaim soil damaged by chemical farming. This bag is built for durability, with a discrete inside pocket with a secure zipper. An additional zippered pocket is located on the outer over-flap, ensuring easy access to what’s important while keeping those items safely guarded. This fashionable bag also features fun braided fringe for a unique style, while its exclusive quality showcases the individual touch of its producer.
Small Collection
House of Design Pixan The Projec t
Seeks to contribute to the improvement of life and the vindication of indigenous women in the social economic sphere empowering them to achieve their independence and self-sufficiency through their direct participation in the market, obtaining a fair payment for the services of high-quality crafts that put at the service of designers and entrepreneurs, in exclusive production and variety of products. The symbols and patterns within our creations carry a meaning from the ancient Mayan ancestors, harmonized with designs for the modern world. View and purchase our collections in store and online.
This catalog was printed in a recycled paper. The environment is matter of all.