Artisan Textile Resources A GUIDE TO GLOBAL HANDMADE TEXTILES FROM THE MEMBERS OF WARP
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
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WARP 9/1/14 Welcome to WARP’s first 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; and community-based programs, projects and organizations stitched together by a common thread of creating a more connected textile community. Thirty-seven members responded to our call to be listed in this inaugural guide. All WARP members are eligible to be listed. Our goal is to update this guide annually. If you have suggestions or questions, please email us at info@weavearealpeace.org. 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 Weave A Real Peace (WARP)
Mission To 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. WARP Committee Jackie Abrams (chair), Judy Allen, Philis Alvic, Mary Joan Ferrara-Marsland, Marilyn Murphy Creative and Editorial Services Designer, Tonia Dee Martin; Production Design, Liz Mrofka; Production Editor, Liz Gipson; Proofreader, Nancy Arndt On the cover: Mayan Hands basket weaver Caterina Barán from Chimaltenango, Guatemala
TABLE OF CONTENTS Retail
Amigos de Taquile *.............................................................................................................................................. 3 Artesanos Naturales Indigenous Weavers *........................................................................................................... 4 Ayni, Inc. *........................................................................................................................................................... 5 Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco................................................................................................................. 6 ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace............................................................................................................ 7 Cotton Clouds, Inc. *............................................................................................................................................ 8 Cultural Cloth *.................................................................................................................................................... 9 Endangered Threads Documentaries *................................................................................................................ 10 Fusion De Maya *............................................................................................................................................... 11 Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos) *...................................................... 12 ibu..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Industrious Anarchy............................................................................................................................................ 14 Katyi Ya’a: Taller Colectivo de Algodón Nativo*.................................................................................................. 15 The Little Silk Road Shop *................................................................................................................................. 16 Marrakesh Express *........................................................................................................................................... 17 Mayan Hands *................................................................................................................................................... 18 nansū home *...................................................................................................................................................... 19 Partners for Just Trade *....................................................................................................................................... 20 STUDIOBOOKS *.............................................................................................................................................. 21 Thrums Books *.................................................................................................................................................. 22 UPAVIM Crafts *................................................................................................................................................. 23 *Wholesale Accounts Available
Wholesale
Bridge of Hope................................................................................................................................................... 29 Ngurunit Basket Weavers.................................................................................................................................... 25 PAZA.................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Schacht Spindle Co............................................................................................................................................ 27 Y’abal Handicrafts.............................................................................................................................................. 28
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Jackie Abrams (Consultant, Designer)................................................................................................................. 29 Philis Alvic (Consultant, Designer)...................................................................................................................... 30 Cloth Conspiracy (Consultant, Designer, Conservation/Restoration, Curator)....................................................... 31 Fair Trade Federation (Trade Association)............................................................................................................ 32 Janice G Knausenberger (Consultant, Designer).................................................................................................. 33 Local Cloth (Community Organization).............................................................................................................. 34 Carol Hayman (Tour Operator)........................................................................................................................... 35 Anush Mirbegian (Consultant, Designer)............................................................................................................. 36 Noble Journeys (Consultant, Tour Operator)........................................................................................................ 37 PUCHKA Peru (Designer, Tour Operator, Internships).......................................................................................... 38 Sarah Saulson (Consultant, Designer).................................................................................................................. 39 Karen Searle (Conservation/Restoration)............................................................................................................. 40 Adrienne Sloane (Consultant)............................................................................................................................. 41 Diane de Souza Designs (Consultant, Designer, Production Dyeing).................................................................. 42 Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys (Tour Operator)........................................................................................... 43 Index.................................................................................................................................................................. 44
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Amigos de Taquile 41342 O Road Paonia, CO 81428 (970) 527-6570 tarasam@tds.net http://taquilefriends.blogspot.com Contact person: Tara Miller or Samuel Brown
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, eyeglass leashes, wrist ties, vests, and gloves. Visit our blog, email or telephone for details on specific items.
Wholesale Accounts Available
A family from Taquile Island poses with Tara Miller and Samuel Brown with their new solar panel.
Top: Handwoven eyeglass leashes with traditional double warp patterns. Bottom: Finely knit earflap hats in various sizes.
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Artesanos Naturales Indigenous Weavers Boruca, Costa Rica 50622005428 artesanosnaturales@gmail.com www.borucacostarica.org Contact person: Susan Atkinson Wholesale Accounts Available
Left: Carryall tote with wood ring handle. 4
The villagers of Boruca are indigenous to Costa Rica. They weave on backstrap looms using natural-dyed cotton yarn, and the village is supported by their crafts. Our on-line store has items ready-to-ship from California, and they do custom orders that are shipped from Costa Rica. Artesanos Naturales specializes in large tote bags, table runners, and placemats. A list of the natural dyes including the history of milking the murex snail for royal purple is on the website. These dyers are one of the few remaining indigenous groups using this method, which does not kill the murex snail.
Middle: A small day tote with the natural dyes derived from plant leaves.
Right: This pillow cover can be custom ordered in different colors and sizes.
Ayni, Inc. 2345 Airline Dr. Raleigh, NC 27607 (919) 606-9140 Hedy Hollyfield or (703) 768-7174 Barbara Wolff ayni_usa@yahoo.com
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.
www.ayni-usa.org Contact person: Hedy Hollyfield or Barbara Wolff Wholesale Accounts Available
Tapestry “Inca Terraces”
Top: Tapestry “Fish Weaving.” Bottom: Gift card detail. 5
Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco Avenida Sol 603 Cusco, Peru 51-84-228-117 cttc@terra.com.pe www.textilescusco.org Contact person: Nilda CallaĂąaupa Alvarez
The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) is a non-profit 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 U.S. through www.clothroads.com.
A Chinchero elder wearing her manta and spinning indigo-dyed wool. 6
A handwoven tote bag using naturallydyed yarns in the central pattern.Â
ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace 306 N. Washington Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 685-4964 info@clothroads.com 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 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.
Naturally dyed and handwoven bags and scarves from the artisans of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. 7
Top: Handwoven and naturally dyed silk scarves and shawls from Lao artisans. Bottom: Your indigo resource for dyes, fabrics, products, and videos.
Cotton Clouds, Inc. 5176 S. 14th Ave. Safford, AZ 85546 (800) 322-7888 info@cottonclouds.com www.cottonclouds.com Contact person: Irene Schmoller Wholesale Accounts Available
Dyed cotton fiber.
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.
Top: Handwoven towel. Bottom: Yarns for weaving. 8
Cultural Cloth W3560 State Road 35 Maiden Rock, WI 54750 (715) 607-1238 info@culturalcloth.com 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.
A bed ‘in situ’ in our retail shop, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. 9
Global textiles on display.
Endangered Threads Documentaries 1530 Tuolumne Street Vallejo, CA 94590
A 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit focusing on filming Maya weaving and textiles in Guatemala and southern Mexico. Endangered Threads Documentaries (ETD) DVDs document (707) 643-7765 the history and practices of Maya weavers, with intimate views of their lives and art form. These documentaries will kathleen@endangeredthreads.org be of interest to staff and public audiences of museum www.endangeredthreads.org exhibitions, anthropology teachers and students, fiber artists and weavers, textile enthusiasts, and travelers. ETD documentaries are used to educate Maya children on the Contact person: Kathleen Vitale colorful and creative history of weaving in their own culture. Spanish and English soundtracks are included on most ETD Wholesale Accounts productions. Customized video loops for museums exhibiting Available 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. 10
Fusion De Maya PO Box 421 Montrose, AL 36559 (917) 566-4211 mpuryear@umassd.edu mardurpur.blogspot.com Contact person: Marjorie Durko Puryear Wholesale Accounts Available
Bamboo chenille scarves.
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As a textile artist, designer, and colorist I concentrate on quality design and production, as well as support of indigenous cultural weaving traditions. My scarves are skillfully woven at Asociaciรณn Maya de Desarrollo in Sololรก, Guatemala, a fair-wage textile cooperative providing Mayan weavers with income opportunities. The colorful scarves are made in two fiber combinations: mixtures of luxurious silk and Tencel or ultrasoft bamboo chenille. I prepare the mixed fiber warps in my home studio and take them to Guatemala to be woven on a backstrap loom. The chenille warp specifications are sent to the Sololรก co-op where yarns are masterfully dyed, prepared, and woven by co-op members.
Top and Bottom: Silk, tencel, and cotton scarves.
Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos) Canton Chuacante San Pedro Teixchel is a cooperative of weavers made up of mainly la Laguna Solola, Guatemala widows or single mothers. Most of the women weave at 011 (502) 5641 9451 or 5932 0000 teixchel@gmail.com Contact person: Berta Angela Navichoc Cotuc (Spanish only) Barbara Ancheta (English)
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.
Wholesale Accounts Available
Bags hanging at the cooperative store in Guatemala.
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ibu 183 King St. Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 647-8031 susan@ibumovement.com www.ibumovement.com Contact person: Susan Hull Walker
ibu is a collection of luxurious women's garments and home decor 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 (opening November, 2014). 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.
Chiapas Chic, handwoven cotton ruanna.
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Top: Striped wild silk ruanna from Madagascar. Bottom: Hand-felted silk burlap Cacoon Wrap by U.S. artisan Kathryn Roth.
Industrious Anarchy 1157 S. Taylor Ave. Oak Park, IL 60304 (708) 203-6843 industriousanarchy@mail.com www.industriousanarchy.com Contact person: Maggie Leininger
Naturally dyed handspun yarns.
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.
Handspun handwoven churro wool and cotton throw.
Handspun handwoven naturallydyed silk and linen cloth. 14
Katyi Ya’a: Taller Colectivo de Algodón Nativo Calle Independencia s/n San Juan Colorado Oaxaca, Mexico 951 219 3111 or (530) 419-5191 USA mdmacsems@gmail.com Contact person: Margaret MacSems Wholesale Accounts Available
Our collective spins and weaves locally grown, naturallycolored, organic brown and white cotton. Katyi Ya’a is a new, collectively-run organization that strives to be democratic, egalitarian and transparent. We weave textiles on backstrap looms including pillow covers, napkins, table runners, placemats, and shoulder bags, as well as produce custom orders. We also sell drop-spindle and wheel-spun thread in three different weights. While the tradition of cotton and textile production is centuries old in our indigenous Mixteco village on the coast of Oaxaca, a women’s artisanal textile collective is something new.
Striped pillow covers woven on a backstrap loom.
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Top: Handspun thread in natural brown and white cotton. Bottom: Table runner woven in natural brown and white cotton.ww
The Little Silk Road Shop The Little Silk Road Shop has strong ties in Central Asia N. Husainov #1 Bukhara 200118, Uzbekistan gained by establishing reliable contacts with officials and
cooperating closely with artisans, craft persons, workshops, 009 (989) 362 49454 and manufacturers. Our collaborative team is producing masterpieces that combine the modern style with the cultural littlesilkroadshop@gmail.com traditions. We provide work and a sense of pride for the women who make these textiles. Using traditional designs www.facebook.com/ and motifs, natural dyes, and fabrics and upcycling, we littlesilkroadshop meet the demands of a modern lifestyles in a way that keeps Contact person: ancient traditions alive.
Azizbek Gulyamov
Wholesale Accounts Available
Artisans at work on Suzani textiles. 16
Beautify people’s lives and homes with beautiful embroideries.
Marrakesh Express 791 College Ave. #2 Haverford, PA 19041 (610) 649-7717 sdavis@uslink.net www.marrakeshexpress.org Contact person: Susan Schaefer Davis Wholesale Accounts Available
My goal is to give Moroccan women access to a world market online, thus allowing them to keep more of the profits from the sale of their work by eliminating the middleman. At Marrakeshexpress.org you can buy directly from Moroccan weavers by clicking on the link to Women Weavers OnLine at the bottom of the homepage. The women’s wide variety of rugs are wool, handwoven, and usually one of a kind. They also do custom work incorporating these designs. I am in Morocco every spring and can shop for a Moroccan rug in the style, colors, and size you want. Cultural tours are available each spring, where you can visit some of the weavers and meet other Moroccans in their homes.
Traditional patterns are highlighted in this rug woven in N’kob, Morocco.
Top: A pillow woven in the village of Ben Smim. Bottom: During a visit to an artisan’s home, a traveler buys a rug. 17
Mayan Hands 9607 Dr. Perry Rd. Suite 114 Ijamsville, MD 21754 (301) 515-5911 mary@mayanhands.org www.mayanhands.org Contact person: Mary Joan Ferrara-Marsland Wholesale Accounts Available
A magnificent pine needle basket.
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Mayan Hands, a nonprofit fair-trade organization, partners with talented Guatemalan Mayan weavers in their quest to bring their families out of extreme poverty while still maintaining the culture they cherish. Mayan Hands weavers create high-quality products including: scarves, handbags, and other accessories; home dĂŠcor such as table runners, placemats, and napkins; pine needle baskets; felted wool animals; friendship bracelets; Judaica items; and Christmas and other holiday gifts. Besides selling on our website, Mayan Hands arranges consignment sale and friendship bracelet fund-raising programs. Individual and group tours can be arranged to visit our artisans in the Guatemalan highlands.
A Mayan Hands basket weaver at work.
nansuhome ̄ PO Box 55332 Birmingham, AL 35255
nansu¯home works with Mayan weavers and dyers in Guatemala to produce handwoven, naturally dyed and naturally colored organic cotton home textiles, including (205) 259-8644 oversized dish/guest towels, placemats, napkins, and table runners. Our products are functional works of art and susie@nansuhome.com benefit the artisans, consumers, and the Earth because we use no harmful chemicals nor toxic metals in any part of the www.nansuhome.com production process—from raw material to luxurious finished Contact person: Susie Strauss product. We are proud members of the Fair Trade Federation.
Wholesale Accounts Available
Handwoven indigo-dyed placemat and napkins.
Top: Assorted oversized Monks Belt guest towels. Bottom: Log Cabin dishtowels. 19
Partners for Just Trade 2236 Tower Grove Ave. St. Louis, MO 63110
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 (314) 707-2831 root causes of poverty through fair-trade sales, education, solidarity, and a commitment to trade justice. We work pjt@PartnersforJustTrade.org primarily in Peru and import knit stuffed animals, alpaca hats www.partnersforjusttrade.org 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 papierContact person: Cheryl Musch mache from Haiti; and scarves from Egypt. PJT is a member of the Fair Trade Federation.
Wholesale Accounts Available
Stuffed animals are hand knit in remote Huancavalica, Peru.
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A Peruvian knitter from the artisan group El Mercurio.
STUDIOBOOKS 7 Hickory Ln. Hilton Head, SC 29928
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 (843) 785-8383 in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. I lecture for textile tours, sponsored by the Textile Museum, Washington, kellym13@juno.com DC, and the Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Iowa. www.studiobooks.homestead.com 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 Contact person: Mary B. Kelly textile symbols) and in 2012, Goddess Women Cloth. I offer charted grids for embroidery from various countries including Wholesale Accounts Norway.
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Thrums Books 306 N. Washington Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 685-4964 linda@ligon.org www.thrumsbooks.com Contact person: Linda Ligon Wholesale Accounts Available
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Thrums Books opens the door to worlds of indigenous textiles and their creators. 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, ClothRoads, www.clothroads.com.
UPAVIM Crafts 9607 Dr. Perry Rd. Suite #114 Ijamsville, MD 21754 (301) 515-5911 mary@upavim.org www.upavimcrafts.org Contact person: Mary Joan Ferrara-Marsland
UPAVIM Crafts is a unique fair-trade business that is part of UPAVIM, a cooperative of about eighty women who live in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Guatemala City. Their goal for over twenty years has been to improve the quality of their lives and community through education, job creation, health, and nutrition. They produce an array of quality colorful gifts made from handwoven fabrics including kitchen items, jewelry, fashion accessories, baby and children’s toys and accessories, bags, recycled gifts, and holiday dÊcor. All profits go to funding their alternative school.
Wholesale Accounts Available
Tirisa sews an apron as part of UPAVIM.
An example of the finished work.
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Bridge of Hope Jr. Daniel Alcides Carri贸n 844-B Lima 17 Lima, Peru (51) 01 2613037 bridgeofhope@fairtradeperu. com www.fairtradeperu.com Contact person: Daniela Gamarra
Bridge of Hope (BOH) is an initiative of the Peruvian Joining Hands Network. It works to confront the root causes of poverty by providing an alternative fair way of doing business. Our objective is to provide artisans from the most impoverished areas of Peru an opportunity for personal and professional development, preservation of traditional crafts and culture, and fair compensation for their work by serving as a bridge between the artisans and responsible consumers. BOH works with sixteen artisan groups and offers products ranging from carved gourds and ceramics to sterling silver jewelry and textiles.
The artisan group El Mercurio from Huancavelica, Peru, hand knit the llamas from 100% cotton and are available in various colors. 24
Master weaver Graciela weaves and the women of the group La Esperanza design and sew this purse.
Ngurunit Basket Weavers PO Box 352 Maralal 20600, Kenya 254 (721) 565383 lemunyete@wananchi.com 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.
A meeting of the members of the Ngurunit Basket Weavers.
Top: A basket weaver at work. Bottom: Nomadic Basket’s product line is based on traditional camel milking baskets. 25
PAZA Casilla 837 Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America (591) 727-62665 dkdutcher@hotmail.com www.pazabolivia.org Contact person: Dorinda Dutcher
The weavers and the work of PAZA.
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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), incuùas 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.
Schacht Spindle Co 6101 Ben Pl. Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 442-3212 judyp@schachtspindle.com www.schachtspindle.com Contact person: Judy Pagels
Baby Wolf folding floor loom.
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.
Cricket rigid-heddle loom.
Ladybug spinning wheel.
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Y’abal Handicrafts Y’abal Handicrafts is a fair trade textile business located in 12av. 3-35, Zona 1 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. A member of the World Fair
Trade Organization, we work with three cooperatives of indigenous backstrap women weavers to make a variety of personal and home accessories. All of our products are a combination of traditional and contemporary design—we seek to innovate within the artistic tradition of this Mayan info@yabal-handicrafts.com weaving technique. Products include purses, bags for men www.yabal-handicrafts.com and women, computer briefcases, computer sleeves, scarves, shawls, stuffed animals, wallets, pillow cases, placemats, Contact person: carpets, blankets, and more.
US (773) 455-4755; Guatemala 00 (502) 5326-84784
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Y’abal women weavers during a day of team building and workshops. 28
Top: Yolanda models a silky handwoven shawl and laptop briefcase carrier. Bottom: Frederico, the son of one of the women weavers, poses with a Y’abal stuffed dragon.
Consultant, Designer
Jackie Abrams 110 Arbor Hill Commons #24 Brattleboro, VT 05301 (802) 257-2688 jackieabramsvt@gmail.com www.jackieabrams.com
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.
Contact person: Jackie Abrams
Coiled baskets of plastic bags.
Top: Jackie in Ghana with KamiAmi women. Bottom: KamiAmi wallets crocheted from plastic bags.
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Consultant, Designer
Philis Alvic 2815 Phoenix Rd. Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 276-0356, (859) 227-2137 (cell) philis@philisalvic.info 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.
Angels from Africa
Philis Alvic in Sri Lanka with members of Pung Craft, a cooperative that makes baskets from Cattail (Typha) stems and leaves. 30
“Angles from Africa” – small dolls or ornaments designed for the Episcopal Diocese of Kagera from materials available in northwestern Tanzania.
Consultant, Designer, Conservation/Restoration, Curator
Cloth Conspiracy 2810 Wilderness Pl. Boulder, CO 80301 (480) 280-2185 newland.judy@gmail.com 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 ecodyeing. My Esty shop, judyblues dyelab, donates 5% of all profits from eco-dyed fabrics to WARP.
Eco-dyed fabric samples as inspiration for a dye potluck as part of WARP’s 2014 annual meeting.
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Trade association
Fair Trade Association 100 W. 10th St. Ste. 604 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 655-5203 info@fairtradefederation.org
The Fair Trade Federation is the trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade. The Federation is part of the global fair-trade movement, building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty.
www.fairtradefederation.org Contact Person: Ann Ferguson, Membership Manager
Global Goods Partners.
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ARZU Studio Hope.
Consultant, Designer
Janice G Knausenberger 3336 Memphis Ln. Bowie, MD 20715 (301) 805-0959 Janice@jgkdesigns.com 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 and Kenya weavers in Njabini experimenting with new designs with naturally dyed handspun wool.
Top: Njabini Woolcrafters in Kenya, with products made during a workshop. Bottom: Working with weavers in Nairobi, Kenya. 33
Community Organization
Local Cloth 3 High Bluff Dr. Weaverville, NC 28787 (828) 407-0678 chairman@localcloth.org www.localcloth.org Judi Jetson, Chairman
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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.
The western North Carolina region has more than 400 fiber art professionals, a higher number, per capita, than any place else in the United States. Artist Barbara Zaretsky produces garments made from hand-dyed silk stamped using natural colorants.
Top: Local farmer Bryan Orr, Vice Chairman of Local Cloth, raises a small flock of 100 Shetland sheep. Bottom: A weaver at work.
Tour Operator
Carol Hayman 1001 Eason St. Austin TX 78703 (512) 477-3099 chayman@austincc.edu 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 and 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 candle holders, 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.
Professor Agripino Huaman Palomino, a silver filigree jeweler from Ayacucho at work.
A member of the Hojalateria Araujo tinware artisan workshop. 35
Consultant, Designer
Anush Mirbegian 231 Jackson St. Apt. 2 Brooklyn, NY 11211 (315) 783-8045 anushmirbegian@mac.com 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 Mirbegin (center) in India.
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Consultant, Tour Operator
Joan Noble/Noble Journeys 5435 E. Placita Del Mesquite We offer creative, enlightening, and delicious journeys to Morocco, Peru, Italy, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, Tucson, AZ 85712 800) 566-9228 or (520) 319-1929 joan@noblejourneys.com www.noblejourneys.com Contact person: Joan Noble
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.
Sunrise in the Sahara.
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Designer, Tour Operator, Internships
PUCHKA Peru Urb. Brisas de Santa Rosa Mz. 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 giancarlo@puchkaperu.com or sasha@puchkaperu.com http://puchkaperu.com
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.
Contact person: Giancarlo Soldi or Sasha McInnes
In the PUCHKA Tapestry Studio in Arequipa. Maestro Laurade (left) demystifying the process and preparing his group of students to dive in. 38
Top: Maestro Marcial (center) holding his lovely Tablah de Sarhua painting. Bottom: Sra. Leonora Condori (teaching a Puchka (drop spindle) workshop.
Consultant, Designer
Sarah Saulson 105 Crawford Ave. Syracuse, NY 13224 (315) 449-9423 sfsaulson@twcny.rr.com 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.
Two generations of weavers in Maheshwar, India, at the Handweaving School.
Sarah and a weaver in Northern Ghana create twisted fringe. 39
Conservation/Restoration
Karen Searle 2108 Randoph Ave. Saint Paul, MN 55105
Repair and restoration of precious heirloom textiles: specializing in knit, crochet, lace, beaded bags.
(651) 338-1698 ksearleart@gmail.com www.karensearle.com
Karen (at right) serves as translator for Vilma (center) and Saturino Oncebay artisans with Ayni during WARP’s 2014 annual meeting. 40
Consultant
Adrienne Sloane 31 Barnard Ave. Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 926-1914 aonels@yahoo.com 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.
Images from Andrea’s time in Peru.
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Consultant, Designer, Production Dyeing
Diane de Souza Designs PO Box 2051 El Prado, NM 87529 (575) 770-2572 dyeingtoweave@gmail.com http://dyeing2weave. wordpress.com
Naturally-dyed color wheel.
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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.
Top: Indigo pot. Bottom: Woven shibori.
Tour Operator
Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys 117 Garfield #7 Ashland, Or 97520 (541) 646-0496 traditionsmexico@yahoo.com 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 sast of the Mixtec shell dyers, Zapotec silk producers, backstrap weavers, and cotton spinners.
Spinning cotton on tour in San Juan Colorado, Mexico.
Top: Embroidery on velvet in Santa Rosa de Lima, Mexico. Bottom: Backstrap weaving natural brown cotton in Huazolotitlan, Mexico. 43
INDEX Retail Amigos de Taquile............................. 3 Artesanos Naturales Indigenous Weavers............................................ 4 Ayni, Inc............................................ 5 Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco............................................ 6 ClothRoads........................................ 7 Cotton Clouds, Inc............................. 8 Cultural Cloth.................................... 9 Endangered Threads Documentaries.... 10 Fusion De Maya.............................. 11 Grupo Ecologico Teixchel................ 12 ibu.................................................. 13 Industrious Anarchy......................... 14 Katyi Ya’a......................................... 15 The Little Silk Road Shop................. 16 Marrakesh Express........................... 17 Mayan Hands.................................. 18 nansu¯home..................................... 19 Partners for Just Trade....................... 20 STUDIOBOOKS.............................. 21 Thrums Books.................................. 22 UPAVIM Crafts................................ 23
Wholesale Amigos de Taquile............................. 3 Artesanos Naturales Indigenou Weavers............................................ 4 Ayni, Inc............................................ 5 Bridge of Hope................................ 29 Cotton Clouds, Inc............................. 8 Cultural Cloth.................................... 9 Endangered Threads Documentaries..... 10 Fusion De Maya.............................. 11 Grupo Ecologico Teixchel................ 12 Katyi Ya’a......................................... 15 The Little Silk Road Shop................. 16
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Marrakesh Express........................... 17 Mayan Hands.................................. 18 nansu¯home...................................... 19 Ngurunit Basket Weavers................. 25 Partners for Just Trade....................... 20 PAZA............................................... 26 Schacht Spindle Co......................... 27 STUDIOBOOKS.............................. 21 Thrums Books.................................. 22 UPAVIM Crafts................................ 23 Y’abal Handicrafts........................... 28
Designers
Community Organization
Internships
Jackie Abrams.................................. 27 Philis Alvic...................................... 28 Cloth Conspiracy............................. 29 Cultural Cloth.................................... 8 Diane de Souza Designs.................. 40 Fusion De Maya.............................. 10 Janice G Knausenberger.................. 31 Anush Mirbegian............................. 34 PUCHKA Peru................................. 36 Sarah Saulson.................................. 37
Local Cloth...................................... 32
Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco............................................ 6 PUCHKA Peru................................. 36
Conservation/ Restoration
Personal Shopping
Cloth Conspiracy............................. 29 Karen Searle.................................... 38
Marrakesh Express........................... 15
Production Dyeing
Consultant
Diane de Souza Designs.................. 40
Jackie Abrams.................................. 27 Philis Alvic...................................... 28 Cloth Conspiracy............................. 29 Cultural Cloth.................................... 8 Local Cloth...................................... 32 Janice G Knausenberger.................. 31 Marrakesh Express........................... 15 Anush Mirbegian............................. 34 Noble Journeys................................ 35 Sarah Saulson.................................. 37 Adrienne Sloane.............................. 39 Diane de Souza Designs.................. 40
Trade Organization
Curator
Video Loops
Cloth Conspiracy............................. 29
Endangered Threads Documentaries.........9
Fair Trade Federation....................... 30
Tours Cultural Cloth.................................... 8 Mayan Hands.................................. 16 Carol Hayman................................. 33 Noble Journeys................................ 35 Marrakesh Express........................... 15 PUCHKA Peru................................. 36 Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys.....41