I spent many years on a four harness loom weaving. My current interests and responsibilities have taken me away from the world of texti...

We work directly with 100 women from 17 weaving co-operations across 6 regions in the western highlands of Guatemala; Sololá, Huehuetenango, Sacatepéquez, Quetzaltenango, Chimaltenango and Quiché. Their locations can be seen on the map below in red, with our coorperation headquaters in Xela marked in blue.

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Maya Symbols and their meaning. Many symbols still hold significance in Guatemalan weaving - particularly those relating to good, evil, fertility and agriculture. Nature as source of inspiration.

Detalle de un huipil tzotzil de San Andrés Larráinzar. Chiapas, México. Algodón tejido en telar de cintura. Brocado también con hilo de algodón. Fotografía Sofía Durand.

Frida Kahlo and her iconic huipil style in 1938 Image from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman...

The huipil displayed on a mannequin in a shop in Oaxaca Mexico is a Mam Maya huipil from the Ixtahuacan area of Guatemala. The "skirt" is really a rebozo from Panajachel

This image shows half of a large carrying cloth or tzute from Chichicastenango in Guatemala

Teaching the Maya in schools: resource - design motifs

Guatemalan huipil textiles are gloriously famous for total and complete saturation of colour. A dream come true for the Tony Duquette fans and hardcore bohemians, but how do the rest of us incorporate an exotic Mayan textile into our more subdued home decor (and wardrobes) without completely overwhelming the space?  Th

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Photo about Pattern of indigenous Mayan homespun textile, Guatemala, Central America. Image of guatemalan, motif, indigenous - 35032

Nowadays, Maya people inhabit the southeastern half of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Northern Honduras. They speak 28 dialects. Just as language and social traditions distinguish one group from another, so do their garments and the designs that ornate them.The clothing that contemporary Maya people wear, as well as

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Panajachel, Atitlan, Guatemala

You can't go to Guatemala and not become at least mildly obsessed with its textiles, from the long hand-woven skirts worn by Mayan women throughout the country to t…