The Textile Transaction
Here, take a closer look, I am selling you the encapsulated colours of the eternal Spring. Winter is coming, you will need …
Mayan Textiles and Smartphones
The sight of smartphones next the Mayan textiles is quite common now in Antigua Guatemala. For better or worse, Mayas taking selfies …
Mayan Boy Guarding The Colorful Textiles
This street portrait of a Maya boy guarding a truck-load of Mayan textiles was captured during a recent Antigua Photo Walk where …
The Handmade Economy — Textiles
In a world where automation and factory automated assembly lines are the goals, Guatemala still prides and encourages the handmade economy. Even …
International Women’s Day in Guatemala
I share with you what my friend and colleague Willy expressed about the International Women’s Day: Willy: ¿Hoy es día de la …
Colorful Mayan Huipil
Let’s do an observation experiment. What things do you find interesting in the picture above?
New Style Guatemalan Purses and Backpacks
Here’s one of the new directions that Guatemalan textiles are taking. You can still identify the pieces as made with Mayan textiles …
Colorful Guatemalan Purse
Rich colors, patterns and textures are what one gets when buying a piece of Guatemalan textiles. A good example of this statement …
Eternal Spring Guatemalan Colors
As we have mentioned before, if you’re planning a visit to Guatemala, make sure you pack your sunglasses if you don’t want …
Guatemalan Wealth of Colors and Textiles
I don’t know in what position is located Guatemala in terms of wealth resources as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) …
Guatemalan Culture and History Through Textiles
The Maya were among the most prominent story tellers. The Maya ‘wrote’ just about everything. I am sure that if the ancient Maya scribblers had access to Twitter and Facebook, they would have had busy timelimes; heck they would have used aggregators to fill their lifestream with every imaginable media.
A glance of San Martín Jilotepeque
Aren’t you curious of what else is around Antigua Guatemala besides the famous places? Aren’t you curious of what might you find? …
Three Generations
Resistance through culture; culture through textiles; textiles as heritage; heritage as identity; identity as resistance. What do you think?
Guatemalan Style Backpack
Guatemala has some of the best textiles you can find in the world. If you come to La Antigua Guatemala, you can …
Colorful Guatemalan Textiles
Ah, look at all the lovely colors Ah, look at all the lovely colors Where do they all come from? Where do …
Close-up View of Guatemalan Textiles
This is a close-up view of a Huipil, sort of a blouse worn by the indigenous Maya women and sometimes even the …