Handmade with Maya Wisdom

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, May 16, 2013

MayaMam Weavers - What happens when you cross diamonds with stripes?

Well, we wanted to know! We have woven our diamond pattern in many different color variations, and we have woven innumerable stripes in different colors, but we wondered what would we get if we wove stripes into our diamonds? So that has been our most recent experiment. We are happy with the results, and will give you a couple of examples below. Now you have to watch to see what we do with the resulting fabric!