We now have an Etsy site so that individuals can buy products from our artisans. Currently, we are featuring our San Juan artisans, with more shops to open for our other groups!Check it out at: Etsy
Dear Amigos, I believe I am a rather persistent and ambitious character when it comes to the arts that I love. Since January I have had the divine experiences of learning backstrap weaving with two very talented Maya Traditions weavers. I have covered brocading, scarf making, and creating a scarf with two sides using natural dyed cotton/silk thread blends. In addition, I have had the opportunity to experiment with Saca Tinta or Indigo on both cotton and wool yarn. I was able to source the wool yarn in a shop in San Juan la Laguna that purchased it from
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Hola Amigos, I have just returned from San Juan La Laguna. This town is close to Panajachel and borders Lake Atitlan as well. I spent a week exchanging fiber art techniques with the family of a woman who is beginning to work with FTM. Her daughters, were all incredible artists in their own right. They also were my teachers, as these women have many jobs. The woman I stayed with is a curandera (healer), comadrona (midwife), and sells the fruits of coffee. She would always leave in the afternoon to buy coffee or give aid to someone sick in the village.
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Oxlajuj B’atz’ & Maya Traditions Foundationinvite you to celebrate International Women’s Day Sunday, March 6th ~9:00 am – 6:00 pmFair Trade Stores open 10:00 am – 12:00 pm & 3:00 – 5:00 pm Product Demonstrations & Exhibitions~ One Day Sale!10% off all products Casa Kaqchikel, Calle 14 de febreroPanajachel, Guatemala Maya Traditions: (502) 7762-2829, [email protected], www.mayatraditions.comOxlajuj B’atz': (502) 7762-6245, [email protected], www.thirteenthreads.com Oxlajuj B’atz’(Thirteen Threads – Trece Hilos) Oxlajuj B’atz’ (Thirteen Thre ads) is a non-profit indigenous women’s empowerment and non-formal education organization based in Guatemala since 2004. Our mission is to facilitate processes for Maya women artisans to bring about
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Hello friends, family, and curious onlookers, My name is Natalia Robinson and I am the new volunteer at Maya Traditions. I am a Fiber Arts major at Evergreen State College in Washington State in the United States. The next four months I will be interning at Maya Traditions, traveling to different communities to learn about their specific art forms, and may possibly teach felting to some of the groups here that are interested in learning. My first few weeks here have been incredibly informative and full of brand new experiences in Guatemala. However, the most enriching experience I have had so
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Dora, Molly and I visited Chuacruz on Friday afternoon to deliver school supplies and backpacks for the children in our education scholarship program. Chuacruz is about an hours journey, by chicken buses and a pickup truck, from Panajachel. It is a beautiful village surrounded by corn fields and hills. All the women and children, that we met, in the village were very welcoming and friendly towards us. There are 22 weavers in the group ho formed together in November 2002 who wanted to earn a living after the violence of the 1980`s. They work as a cooperative, making weaving’s which are sold throughout Guatemala
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Maya Traditions welcomes enthusiastic new volunteer Natalia Robinson. Natalia hails from the beautiful northwest and is currently completing her bachelor’s degree at Evergreen State College in fiber arts. Natalia will be volunteering for us for four months during which time she hopes to learn from cooperative fiber arts communities supported by MTF; teach felting (one of her many passions); work in the garden with Molly, Nilvia, and Miguel. She also dreams of starting a botanical garden of plants traditionally used for dyeing. This project would combine her passions for farming, gardening and the fiber arts. Natalia has spent years working
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Hello, my name is Caroline Whitson and I’m from Edinburgh, Scotland and graduated from Glasgow University last summer with a degree in Zoology. However, I decided not to pursue a career in this field and ended up working in One World Shop a Fair Trade shop in Scotland. I worked there for a year and whilst there I was inspired to visit a country where I can see how Fair Trade affects people directly. That is what brought me to volunteering at Maya Traditions. I have wanted to come to Central America for a long time and I also wanted
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Maria Josefa Chacom, a Maya Tradition’s Weaver from the community of Santa Clara, died suddenly last sunday in her home at the age of 42. She had worked with us for more than 12 years and was highly respected by the women in the group. She will be missed. Rest in Peace. Maria Josefa Chacom, tejedora de Tradiciones Mayas de la Comunidad de Santa Clara, murio repentinamente el pasado domingo en su casa a la temprana edad de 42 años. Maria habia trabajado con nosotros durante mas de 12 años y era muy respetada entre las mujeres del grupo. Nos ha dejado un vacio en
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