Call the Search Off: Guatemalan Organic Handspun Cotton Cloth Found

Wajxa ib Kan, Weaving Cooperative, Chavacruz, Solola

When traveling to cloth-weaving villages, there’s generally one “something” that I’m intrigued by or in search for. Three years ago, it was the seemingly rare handspun cotton and handwoven cloth made from the organic natural cotton beige color “ixcaco”, the … Read the rest

A Look Back at Santa Fe Folk Art Festival 2012

Veo Douangdala, co-founder Ock Pop Tok, a textile gallery and weaving center in Luan Prabang, Laos.

 

 

Thursday, July 12 we attended the Santa Fe Folk Art Festival Community Celebration. Thousands gather to celebrate the artists. It’s free and open to the public. This short iPhone movie gives you a glimpse of the artists in … Read the rest