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SECOND EDITION AArrttiissaann TTeexxttiillee RReessoouurrcceess 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 i WARP WARP October 2015 Welcome to WARP’s second 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; along with community-based programs, projects, and organizations stitched together by a common thread of creating a more connected textile community. 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 (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 Philis Alvic (Chair), Jackie Abrams, Liz Gipson, and Marilyn Murphy Creative and Editorial Services - Second Edition Designer, Tonia Dee Martin; Proofreader, Nancy Arndt On the cover: Mayan Hands basket weaver Caterina Barán from Chimaltenango, Guatemala TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Retail Above the Fray: Traditional Hilltribe Art ...................................................................................................................3 Amigos de Taquile * .....................................................................................................................................................4 Anyi, Inc.* ......................................................................................................................................................................5 Bebali Foundation * .....................................................................................................................................................6 Above the Fray: Traditional Hilltribe Art Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco ...................................................................................................................7 ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace ...............................................................................................................8 Cotton Clouds, Inc. *....................................................................................................................................................9 2141 Crest Dr. Above the Fray presents handwoven, naturally dyed silk, Cultural Cloth * ...........................................................................................................................................................10 Eugene, OR 97405 cotton, and hemp textiles selected from independent Endangered Threads Documentaries *...................................................................................................................11 Fusion De Maya * .......................................................................................................................................................12 artisans, and from village markets in the hilltribe regions (541) 485-9386 Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos) * ................................................13 of Laos and Vietnam. Developed over years of visits, our ibu ................................................................................................................................................................................14 Industrious Anarchy ..................................................................................................................................................15 [email protected] close relationships with the artists enhance our ability to The Little Silk Road Shop * .......................................................................................................................................16 represent this region’s finest traditional textile arts. In Marrakesh Express * ...................................................................................................................................................17 www.hilltribeart.com an era of rapid modernization, we recognize that these Mayan Hands * ...........................................................................................................................................................18 Partners for Just Trade *.............................................................................................................................................19 traditional artists, their hereditary art forms, and their Contact person: Queen Amina Embroidery *......................................................................................................................................20 indigenous cultures will better sustain their vitality and STUDIOBOOKS * .........................................................................................................................................................21 Maren Beck or vibrancy if broader interest is cultivated. Threads of Life ...........................................................................................................................................................22 Josh Hirschstein Thrums Books * ..........................................................................................................................................................23 UPAVIM Crafts * ..........................................................................................................................................................24 *Wholesale Accounts Available Wholesale Katyi Ya’a: Taller Colectivo de Algodón Nativo .....................................................................................................25 Ngurunit Basket Weavers .........................................................................................................................................26 PAZA ............................................................................................................................................................................27 Schacht Spindle Co ....................................................................................................................................................28 Y’abal Handicrafts .....................................................................................................................................................29 Services Jackie Abrams (Consultant, Designer) ....................................................................................................................30 Philis Alvic (Consultant, Designer) ..........................................................................................................................31 Cloth Conspiracy (Consultant, Designer, Conservation/Restoration, Curator) ...............................................32 Jackie Corlett, Motif (Consultant) ...........................................................................................................................33 Carol Hayman (Tour Operator) ................................................................................................................................34 Dr. Lin Hightower (Consultant, Designer, Curator, Tour Operator) ....................................................................35 Janice G Knausenberger (Consultant, Designer) ...................................................................................................36 Local Cloth (Community Organization) ................................................................................................................37 Anush Mirbegian (Consultant, Designer) ..............................................................................................................38 Noble Journeys (Consultant, Tour Operator) .........................................................................................................39 PUCHKA Peru (Designer, Tour Operator, Internships) ..........................................................................................40 Sarah Saulson (Consultant, Designer) ...................................................................................................................41 Karen Searle (Conservation/Restoration) ..............................................................................................................42 Adrienne Sloane (Consultant) .................................................................................................................................43 Diane de Souza Designs (Consultant, Designer, Production Dyeing) ...............................................................44 Tia Stephanie Tours, Cultural Journeys (Tour Operator) ......................................................................................45 Left: Maren and Josh, Above the Middle: A weaver in Houaphon Right: A silk weaver Traditions Mexico Cultural Journeys (Tour Operator) ..........................................................................................46 Fray owners, with silk weavers. Province, Laos, wearing her tradi- in Houaphon Prov- tional shaman’s shawl. ince, Laos, showing Index .............................................................................................................................................................................47 her naturally dyed Note: all images are used with the organization or individual's permission. Please do not reuse without seeking permission of the owner. silk ikat. 3 Amigos de Taquile Ayni, Inc. 41342 O Rd. We offer fine handwoven and knitted textiles from 2345 Airline Dr. Ayni aims to preserve cultural heritage in Peru and to Paonia, CO 81428 Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru, that have Raleigh, NC 27607 promote social welfare in Andean communities through been fairly traded for solar supplies over a three-decade sponsorship of cultural programs by selling Peruvian art (919) 606-9140 (970) 527-6570 relationship. As a ceremonial family member, we are and crafts. A small not-for-profit organization founded Hedy Hollyfield or considered to be padrinos, co-parents, parents, and in 2006 by Hedy Hollyfield, Kathlyn Avila, and Barbara [email protected] (703) 768-7174 even grandparents within an extended family on Taquile. Barbara Wolff Wolff, Ayni helps to keep Ayacucho’s fiber traditions alive. http://taquilefriends Our collection for sale includes wool and alpaca hats, Your purchase of Peruvian crafts and textiles supports .blogspot.com ceremonial purse-bags, eyeglasses leashes, wrist ties, [email protected] cultural preservation projects in Ayacucho, Peru, as well vests, and gloves. Visit our blog, email, or telephone for as the communities that spin, dye, and weave the fiber. Contact person: www.ayni-usa.org details on specific items. Tara Miller or Samuel Brown Contact person: Hedy Wholesale Accounts Hollyfield or Barbara Wolff Available Wholesale Accounts Available A family from Taquile Island poses with Tara Miller Top: Handwoven eyeglasses leashes Tapestry “Inca Terraces.” Top: Tapestry “Fish Weaving.” and Samuel Brown with their new solar panel. with traditional double warp patterns. Bottom: Gift card detail. Bottom: Finely knit earflap hats in various sizes. 4 5 Bebali Foundation Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco Kubu Roda, Jalan Bisma 3, The Bebali Foundation works with indigenous weavers Avenida Sol 603 The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) is Ubud, Bali 80571, Indonesia in remote, underdeveloped villages across Indonesia, to Cusco, Peru a nonprofit organization founded in 1996, when the incubate community businesses, responsibly manage textile traditions in the Cusco region of the Andes were +62-361-976581 51-84-228-117 natural-dye resources, and nurture traditional culture. in danger of disappearing. Currently working with over The foundation’s Plant Mordant Project offers natural 450 weavers in ten communities, we manage traveling [email protected] [email protected] dyers worldwide a unique opportunity to make reliable exhibits, a museum, retail stores, teaching and training www.bebali.org colors exclusively from plants by sourcing powdered www.textilescusco.org centers, and provide ongoing support to our community www.plantmordant.org leaf from the Symplocos trees as an alum substitute. It members. Our objectives are to revive and continue the Contact person: is currently developing community-based, sustainable cultural heritage of textile creation, educate people to its Contact person: Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez production of indigo, Morinda red, and Ceriops brown tradition, and stimulate the production of traditional- William Ingram dyes for export markets. based textiles. Tours are offered through Andean Textile Arts (andeantextilearts.org). Our products are available Wholesale Accounts Available in the United States through www.clothroads.com. Indonesian traditional weaving uses Top: Livelihoods for Sympolocos collectors encourages A Chinchero elder wearing her manta and spinning A handwoven tote bag using naturally Symplocos as a red dye mordant. conservation of threatened Indonesian forests. indigo-dyed wool. dyed yarns in the central pattern. Bottom: Symplocos collectors sorting leaves in Flores, Indonesia. 6 7 ClothRoads, a Global Textile Marketplace Cotton Clouds, Inc. 306 N. Washington ClothRoads is your gateway to a world of authentic 5176 S. 14th Ave. Cotton Clouds proudly offers Mayan Hands products and Loveland, CO 80537 textile culture. Here you’ll find folk textiles, Safford, AZ 85546 Tintes Naturales Friendship Towel Kit. Read more about accessories, fabric, and fiber materials from this collaboration on the Tines Naturales blog www (970) 685-4964 (800) 322-7888 many corners of the globe, along with stories of .naturaldyeproject.wordpress.com. We supply quality indigenous artisans and ancient techniques used cotton and cotton-blend, rayon chenille, bamboo, [email protected] [email protected] in both traditional and modern ways. From the linen, and blended cellulose yarns, on cones and skeins. rivers of India to the mountaintops of Peru, we www.cottonclouds.com Exclusively designed kits are available for weaving www.clothroads.com go directly to the source to bring you the work of towels, scarves, throws, and home décor. We offer Contact person: skilled artisans who are dyeing, weaving, spinning, a wide selection of cotton fibers—Pima and Acala Contact person: Irene Schmoller printing, and embroidering some of the world’s ginned cotton, Easy-to-Spin® Acala, Pima, Brown Marilyn Murphy most beautiful objects. When you purchase from Wholesale Accounts and Green slivers as well as punis, hand-dyed sliver ClothRoads, you help us build and develop new Available and our educational, “All About Spinning Cotton” kit, markets that allow artisans and communities— Handspinning Cotton, and how-to DVDs. especially women and girls—to flourish. Naturally dyed and handwoven bags and scarves Top: Handwoven and naturally dyed silk Dyed cotton fiber. Top: Handwoven towel. from the artisans of the Center for Traditional Tex- scarves and shawls from Lao artisans. Bottom: Yarns for weaving. tiles of Cusco. Bottom: Your indigo resource for dyes, fabrics, products, and videos. 8 9 Cultural Cloth Endangered Threads Documentaries W3560 State Rd. 35 Cultural Cloth collaborates primarily with women 1530 Tuolumne St. A 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit focusing on filming Maiden Rock, WI 54750 throughout the developing world to produce exquisite Vallejo, CA 94590 Maya weaving and textiles in Guatemala and southern home textiles and personal accessories. Our colorful Mexico. Endangered Threads Documentaries (ETD) (715) 607-1238 (707) 643-7765 retail shop is filled with gorgeous textiles. The shop is DVDs document the history and practices of Maya a test kitchen where we cook up products that have a weavers, with intimate views of their lives and art form. [email protected] [email protected] sustainable chain of production. Products that test well These documentaries will be of interest to staff and www.culturalcloth.com become eligible for wholesale production targeted to a www.endangeredthreads.org public audiences of museum exhibitions, anthropology select group of nationwide retailers. As lifelong textile teachers and students, fiber artists and weavers, textile Contact Person: Contact person: artists, we understand the demands of our market and enthusiasts, and travelers. ETD documentaries are used Mary Anne Wise Kathleen Vitale are available for consultation on product feedback, to educate Maya children on the colorful and creative Wholesale Accounts design, and development. We offer tours to Guatemala to Wholesale Accounts history of weaving in their own culture. Spanish Available "buddy up" with the Mayan women whom we’ve taught Available and English soundtracks are included on most ETD to hook rugs and successfully shepherded them through productions. Customized video loops for museums the Folk Art Market application process. exhibiting Maya textiles are available. A bed "in situ" in our retail shop, Global textiles on display. Endangered Threads Documentaries. Top: Laura Jacqueline Gomez Ramirez, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. 12, shows off her parrot Lorenzo. Bottom: ETD documentaries highlight Maya weavers and their weaving. 10 11 Fusion De Maya: Grupo Ecologico Teixchel (Asociacion de Marjorie Durko Puryear, HANDWOVENS Artesanas de Tejidos Ecologicos) July 1- Oct 31: PO Box 421 As a textile artist, product designer, and collector of Montrose, AL 36559 indigenous textiles, I focus on fine craftsmanship and Canton Chuacante San Pedro Teixchel is a cooperative of weavers made up of mainly Nov 1- June 30: 20 Bay View Ave. indigenous textile traditions. I am owner, designer, la Laguna Solola, Guatemala widows or single mothers. Most of the women weave South Dartmouth, MA 02748 and colorist for Fusion de Maya that specializes in at home on backstrap looms. They make scarves, one-of-a-kind scarves, shawls, and decorative pillows 011 (502) 5641 9451 or (917) 566-4211 shawls, many styles of bags, backpacks, cushion covers, using various cottons, silk, linen, and bamboo, and 5932 0000 placemats, table runners, change purses, baskets, and chenille threads. The products are skillfully woven by [email protected] mardurpur.blogspot.com indigenous weavers on traditional backstrap looms who [email protected] traditional cloths for wrapping goods and food. New designs are always appearing. Products are made belong to two weaving cooperatives in the highlands Contact person: Contact person: with either plant-based dye from materials harvested of Guatemala—Asociación Maya de Desarrollo and Berta Angela Navichoc Marjorie Durko Puryear locally or purchased yarn with ecologically sound dyes. Fundación Tradiciones Mayas. Because of my association Cotuc (Spanish only) Backstrap weaving and natural-dye instruction can be with these two fair-wage textile cooperatives, Mayan Barbara Ancheta (English) Wholesale Accounts arranged, and we accept special orders. weavers are provided income opportunities while Available Wholesale Accounts Available sustaining traditional practices. Five bamboo chenille scarves. Top: Silk, Tencel, and bamboo scarves Bags hanging at the cooperative store in Guatemala. Choose from a wide variety of scarves, and shawls. shawls, and bags. Bottom: Raw silk and cotton shawl. 12 13 ibu Industrious Anarchy 183 King St. Ibu is a collection of luxurious women's garments and 1157 S. Taylor Ave. Industrious Anarchy is a social-conscious enterprise Charleston, SC 29401 home décor handcrafted by global women artisans. Oak Park, IL 60304 promoting eco-friendly production of textiles via It is offered both online at ibumovement.com and at an online marketplace, on-site workshops, and (843) 647-8031 (708) 203-6843 the ibu Showroom at 183 King Street in Charleston, collaborations with farmers and producers of textile South Carolina. Susan Hull Walker, a weaver and former goods. Products for sale include handspun yarns, [email protected] [email protected] minister, along with ibu's in-house seamstress and naturally dyed goods, handwoven and knitted wearables, www.ibumovement.com design team, collaborate with artisan groups in Chiapas, www.industriousanarchy.com and much more. Collaborations include working with Madagascar, India, Laos, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and the Fibershed, Illinois Humanities Council, Urban Contact person: Contact person: beyond to create kantha swing vests, dusters, boleros, Threads, and other entities that support culturally and Susan Hull Walker Maggie Leininger hand-felted cocoon wraps, ikat jackets, handwoven environmentally informed production of objects. tote bags, and smoking Jackets from vintage silk. Many bolsters, cushions, headboards, benches, and throws will also be available. Chiapas Chic, handwoven cotton ruanna. Top: Striped wild silk ruanna from Naturally dyed Handspun handwoven churro Handspun handwoven naturally Madagascar. handspun yarns. wool and cotton throw. dyed silk and linen cloth. Bottom: Hand-felted silk burlap Cocoon Wrap by U.S. artisan Kathryn Roth. 14 15 The Little Silk Road Shop Marrakesh Express N. Husainov #1 The Little Silk Road Shop has strong ties in Central Asia 791 College Ave. #2 Giving Moroccan women access to a world market by Bukhara 200118, Uzbekistan gained by establishing reliable contacts with officials Haverford, PA 19041 selling their weaving online, thereby retaining more and cooperating closely with artisans, craft persons, profit as they bypass the middleman, is my focus. On my 009 (989) 362 49454 (610) 649-7717 workshops, and manufacturers. Our collaborative team website, you can “meet” and buy directly from Moroccan is producing masterpieces that combine the modern weavers in the nonprofit section, Women Weavers [email protected] [email protected] style with the cultural traditions. We provide work and OnLine. The rugs are handwoven wool and usually one- www.facebook.com/ a sense of pride for the women who make these textiles. www.marrakeshexpress.org of-a-kind; some women can also weave to order. I lead littlesilkroadshop Using traditional designs and motifs, natural dyes, and cultural tours where we visit some of the weavers, as well Contact person: fabrics and upcycling, we meet the demands of modern as meet other Moroccans in their homes. When I am in Contact person: Susan Schaefer Davis lifestyles in a way that keeps ancient traditions alive. Morocco in the spring, I can shop for a Moroccan rug in Azizbek Gulyamov Wholesale Accounts the style, colors, and size you would like. Wholesale Accounts Available Available Artisans at work on Suzani textiles. Beautify people’s lives and homes Rug woven in N'kob, Morocco. Top: Pillow woven in Ben Smim. with beautiful embroideries. Bottom: Buying a rug at an artisan's home during a tour. 16 17

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