Indigo Textiles

First Impressions of Guatemala

Arriving in Guatemala and a walk through town:

Guatemalan fashion- the beauty of handwoven huipiles

Guatemala is well know for it's rich tradtions in ikat fabric

An ikat butterfly? only in Guatemala!
Stepping lightly
"collar de rena", a tropical vine which grows abundantly which means the queens collar
Color Studies: To ground ourselves in place we are practicing observe the color around us. What colors are unique to this place? We create color palettes at Santa Clara convent, a 500 year ruin in the middle of Antigua, where you can see the layers of time. The colors of stone, tropical vegetation, sky all make unusual color combinations Its amazing how when you take a moment, how much you can observe.

The walls of antigua are paintings in themselves

Antigua

exploring the rooftop view from La Posadita, in central Antigua, where we are be based for 10 days

CCA-San Francisco Studio

Needle Felting

Kate Weese, visiting artist, gives
instruction on various techniques

handspun yarn from local wool

Workshop Photos

The wool as it goes through various stages of being processed

into thread.

Following a Thread

Working with the Cojoyla Association of Women Weavers and Artisans of San Maros, in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Starting with Agave plants and following the process of turning the plant fibers into usable fabric.

Spinning a Yarn

June 2010, San Francisco, California College of the Arts: Students participate in a workshop exploring various techniques working with local wool with from before heading out to work with artisans in Guatemala. We learned how to card wool by hand and with a drum carder, work with a spinning wheel and a drop spindle as well as felting.