Guatemalan textiles, straight from the weaver’s hands to yours July 2, 2015 More than 9 years ago Women look for a spot to wash clothes at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in 2011.

GUATEMALA CITY — With their brightly colored fabrics filled with animals and landscapes, Guatemala’s indigenous people had long used textiles to tell stories and share their visions of the ...

I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles ...

Long revered for its vibrant weaving traditions, Guatemala is home to centuries-old textile practices upheld by Indigenous Maya communities. Today, a growing movement of designers, hoteliers, and ...

“The Guatemalan textiles in the exhibition come from several large textile collections,” said Jessica Corbett, one of the graduate students curating the exhibit. “The pieces we've chosen are very ...

Discover the current and ancient culture of the Maya as told through their textiles on a 10-day tour organized by Bella Guatemala Travel.The itinerary includes exploring the UNESCO city of Antigua ...

“People love Guatemalan textiles, but they rarely meet the women who make them,” says Berry as I follow her through a garden green with cotton trees and native plants like flowering tobacco ...

Trama Textiles is a worker-owned cooperative that’s been in business since 1988. Each item in the new collection, available for order on Dittohouse’s website , showcases individual weavers and ...

(Ixchel is the Mayan goddess of weaving, among other things.) So it was they made curator Amy DiPlacido of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles an offer she couldn’t refuse: an exhibition of ...

Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), "Guatemalan Textiles: Heart of the Maya World" allows museum visitors to see and learn about traditional clothing, ...

People take part in a procession for Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, in the colonial city of Antigua, Guatemala. For Catholics, the procession—known as La Reseña—commemorates when Jesus ...