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Dec 08

Artisans: Our Gift from Their Hands and Hearts

This is the season of slowing down, celebrating the holidays with family and friends, and gifting of presents made by you or artisans’ hands. Here at ClothRoads we honor the artisans who have made our lives better in so many ways. Over the past five years, we have shared stories of traditional textiles and cultures from over thirty countries; we have introduced you to artisans and their families and villages; we have traveled far and wide to bring you their heritage textiles—all in support of making a difference in their lives and in sustaining these rich traditions. We are grateful for the gifts from the artisans’ hands and hearts, and we are grateful to you for supporting them. May your holidays be of good cheer.

Linda Stark and Marilyn Murphy of ClothRoads show off their indigo clamped towels.
Wishing you the brightest of holidays from ClothRoads.
Kid mohair yarn awaits you.
Amalia Gue and her daughter Martita from Ixbalem Ke cooperative Guatemala.
Judy Newland at ClothRoads Studio
Young girls in traditional sarongs from Jontona in Lembata.
A wuwa basket being woven with designs based on myth and tradition.
Dayalal Kudecha in his booth at the Santa Fe Folk Art Market.
Marilyn Murphy and Nilda Callanaupa of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco.
Herminia Santos with her husband Chavelo.
ClothRoads Linda Stark with Jo Smith of Ock Pop Tok.
Cochineal red dye day in Acopia, Peru.
Olga Reiche of Indigo dyeing away.
Two ProTeje staff, Carlos Tista and book author Nancy Tunche, met with ClothRoads partners Marilyn Murphy and Linda Tiley Stark.
Artisan Aziz Khatri and Judy Frater among Aziz’s lush bandhani scarves in 2015.
Bina Rao holds her handwoven silk fabric, ready for dyeing.
Yondron holds one of the Tibetan sheep she has made.
A married Nepali woman wearing red sari, vermillion hair stripe, and tika dot (red nails too.)
Spinning brown cotton in Huazolotitlan, Oaxaca
Bandhani artisan Abduljabbar Mahmadhushen Khatri stirring dyepot.
Estonian knitters
Petra (on left) and her sister Rosie modeling their newly embroidered blouses in 2012. Photo: Joe Coca.
Bolivian handspinner
Rachida of the Moroccan Khenifra button makers
Veomanee (Veo) Douangdala of Ock Pop Tok in Laos.
Mone Jouymany weaves traditional backstrap bead weaving at Ock Pop Tok in Luang Prabang, Laos.
The anjat basket is started from the top and woven to the bottom.
A woman from the Jabaliya Bedouin tribe embroidering a bag.
Abdul Jabbar Mohammed Khatri (left) stands next to his son. He and other family are traditional Ajrakh block printers.
What colorful beauty in festive dress.
Maximama proudly displays her wares–the organic green cotton pillows.
Linda Ligon, editor and publisher of Thums Books, with photographer Joe Coca.
Indian embroiderer Gauriben Ramabhai Bramin wearing her traditional dress.
Ms Mai Suxiong, Ock Pop Tok’s resident Blue Hmong batik artist
Uzbekistan ikat weaver

 

 

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