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Aunque tejer con el telar de palitos no es tan rápido como el de pedal, las partes del telar son baratas y el telar es portátil. En el telar de palitos la urdimbre se estira entre un respaldo y el cuerpo de la tejedora. La anchura de la tela tejida en este telar comúnmente no tiene una anchura de más de treinta pulgadas, el alcance de la tejedora. La tela comúnmente se teje a la medida exacta requerida y puede ser tejida terminada en los cuatro lados.

Escuela de Rebocería de Santa María del Río

Se conoce Santa María del Río como la cuna del rebozo. Desde hace tiempo, las hacen con el telar de cintura con hilos finos de algodón, seda, y artisela.  En el telar de cintura la urdimbre se estira entre un respaldo y el cuerpo de la tejedora...

Backstrap Woven Shawls of Esperanza Valencia Morra of Morelia, Mexico

Esperanza is a skilled backstrap weaver and weaving teacher. She weaves leno shawls, known as Rebozos de Pataqua, of fine cotton thread. This type of traditional shawl is from Aranza, Esperanzas home town...

Foot-Loom Weaving in Central Mexico

Foot-loom weaving is dying out in Central Mexico because most people are not willing to pay for hand-woven cloth when inexpensive industrially-woven cloth is available. Although a few artisans continue to weave serapes, blankets, bedspreads and towels, it is only a matter of time before they, too, will be forced to stop production. The quality of their work is excellent, but the market is too small to support many of them. Although some weavers are using synthetic threads, others weave with cotton and wool, even though natural materials require more work to process and dye...

Ikat Shawls of Uriangato and Moroleon, Mexico

Only a few small establishments still produce ikat - dyed, foot-loom woven shawls in Moroleon and Uriangato, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Ikat is a dying technique that allows the warp to be selectively colored before it is woven. A shrinking market and competition with industrially woven cloth has forced many weavers to stop their production. The shawls pictured below are 100% cotton...

Gobelin Tapestry Weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Professor Francisco Javier Cuamatzi began the gobelin tapestry weaving program at the Technical Secondary School in Dolores Hidalgo in 1961. He commissioned 20 looms and established the curriculum for two classes; beginning and advanced. Since his retirement, his son, Adán Flores Cololetzi, has continued the program. Over 250 students, ages ten through twelve, learn to design and weave each year. Three small tapestries are warped onto each loom. The warp is cotton and the weft is acrylic. Students work in teams of six; each weaving a portion of a shared tapestry during class.

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Federación de Cooperativas de Producción Artsanal - Quetzaltenango - Guatemala.

Tapestry Crochet

Tapestry crochet is similar to regular crochet, except that two or more yarns are worked at the same time to create a colorful fabric. Actually, one or more yarns are carried while another yarn is crocheted. The finished pieces look woven instead of crocheted.  I discovered tapestry crochet in 1976 when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala. Mayan men tapestry crochet beautiful traditional shoulder bags with cotton thread or wool yarn. In other parts of the world tapestry crochet is used to make yarmulkes and hats...

Cane baskets of Mexico

A family who lives on the outskirts of Victoria, a town in the northern part of the state of Guanajuato, forms an efficient basketmaking team. Each member prepares a part of the basket in assembly-line fashion. The father harvests the cane, then splits some of the cane. The daughters process the cane and begin the baskets; their mother finishes the baskets...

Carol Ventura.

Besides serving as the architect and general contractor for our Insulated Concrete Form house, I am also working on three books. The History of Craft surveys western and non-western ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, and wood. Maya Baroque examines Maya contributions to Spanish Colonial architecture in Guatemala and southern Mexico. Southeastern Native American Art surveys the Southeastern United States, prehistoric through the present...