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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 [email protected]. 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
Services
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
Note: all images are used with the organization or individuals permission.
Please do not reuse without seeking permission of the owner.
Amigos de Taquile
41342 O Road
Paonia, CO 81428
(970) 527-6570
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
www.borucacostarica.org
Contact person:
Susan Atkinson
Wholesale Accounts
Available
Left: Carryall tote
with wood ring
handle.
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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
[email protected]
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.
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Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco
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
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.
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A handwoven tote bag using naturallydyed yarns in the central pattern. ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace
306 N. Washington
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 685-4964
[email protected]
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.
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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
[email protected]
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.
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Cultural Cloth
W3560 State Road 35
Maiden Rock, WI 54750
(715) 607-1238
[email protected]
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.
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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
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the history and practices of Maya weavers, with intimate
views of their lives and art form. These documentaries will
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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.
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Fusion De Maya
PO Box 421
Montrose, AL 36559
(917) 566-4211
[email protected]
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 Asociación Maya de Desarrollo in Sololá,
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 Sololá 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
[email protected]
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.
Choose from a wide variety of scarves,
shawls, and bags.
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ibu
183 King St.
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 647-8031
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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.
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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
[email protected]
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
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Bukhara 200118, Uzbekistan gained by establishing reliable contacts with officials and
cooperating closely with artisans, craft persons, workshops,
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and manufacturers. Our collaborative team is producing
masterpieces that combine the modern style with the cultural
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traditions. We provide work and a sense of pride for the
women who make these textiles. Using traditional designs
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and motifs, natural dyes, and fabrics and upcycling, we
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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.
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Beautify people’s lives and homes with
beautiful embroideries.
Marrakesh Express
791 College Ave. #2
Haverford, PA 19041
(610) 649-7717
[email protected]
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.
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Mayan Hands
9607 Dr. Perry Rd.
Suite 114
Ijamsville, MD 21754
(301) 515-5911
[email protected]
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 décor 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. I lecture for
textile tours, sponsored by the Textile Museum, Washington,
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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.
Available
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Thrums Books
306 N. Washington
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 685-4964
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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 décor. 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
Carrión 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.
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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
[email protected]
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.
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PAZA
Casilla 837
Cochabamba, Bolivia,
South America
(591) 727-62665
[email protected]
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), 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.
Schacht Spindle Co
6101 Ben Pl.
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 442-3212
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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
Allison Havens
Y’abal women weavers during a day of team building
and workshops.
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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
[email protected]
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)
[email protected]
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.
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“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
[email protected]
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.
Top: Detail of eco-dyed fabric.
Bottom: Indigo-dyed fabric.
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Trade association
Fair Trade Association
100 W. 10th St. Ste. 604
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 655-5203
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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.
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Community Organization
Local Cloth
3 High Bluff Dr.
Weaverville, NC 28787
(828) 407-0678
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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.
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Consultant, Designer
Anush Mirbegian
231 Jackson St. Apt. 2
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(315) 783-8045
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
or [email protected]
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.
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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
[email protected]
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.
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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
[email protected]
www.karensearle.com
Karen (at right) serves as translator for Vilma
(center) and Saturino Oncebay artisans with
Ayni during WARP’s 2014 annual meeting.
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Consultant
Adrienne Sloane
31 Barnard Ave.
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 926-1914
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
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.
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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