My name is Caryn Maxim. I live in NJ but spend 2 weeks of each month in Cajola, a Maya Mam community in the western highlands of Guatemala. (The Mam people are one of the 22 Maya ethnic groups in Guatemala.) I have been helping a group of women start a weaving cooperative, MayaMam Weavers, over the past years. I would like to share with you some of their work, some of their stories, some of their wisdom, as well as why fair trade -- or trading fairly -- matters.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
We Can Weave It
We are always pleased to receive special requests and custom orders. Someone sees our work and asks us to do something similar but in their own colors, or design, or product. Recently we were asked to weave a "Julia Chang" headband. Now, really, we don't even know who or what is Julia Chang, but we always enjoy that kind of challenge. Here is a picture of the headband fthat we wove for our client. This is definitely a contemporary interpretation of our traditional weaving!
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