A Textile Travelers Guide To Guatemala
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Author | : Deborah Chandler |
Publisher | : Thrums, LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Guatemala |
ISBN | : 9781732352841 |
Download A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The vibrant character of Guatemala is most visible in its handwoven textiles, which are still in everyday use and readily available in native markets all over the country. A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala is an excellent resource for discovering artisans, markets, shops, and those storied regional textile traditions. Geared to independent-minded travelers, this guide presents the safest and most accessible methods of travel, where and when to go, where to stay, and what to eat. Expert advice helps the traveler know what to look for, how to distinguish high-quality work, and how to bargain intelligently and ethically. With abundant photographs, this guide celebrates the color, joy, and energy of folklife in Guatemala.
Author | : Deborah Chandler |
Publisher | : Schiffer + ORM |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2019-04-05 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1507302738 |
Download A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The vibrant character of Guatemala is most visible in its handwoven textiles, which are still in everyday use and readily available in native markets all over the country. A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala is an excellent resource for discovering artisans, markets, shops, and those storied regional textile traditions. Geared to independent-minded travelers, this guide presents the safest and most accessible methods of travel, where and when to go, where to stay, and what to eat. Expert advice helps the traveler know what to look for, how to distinguish high-quality work, and how to bargain intelligently and ethically. With abundant photographs, this guide celebrates the color, joy, and energy of folklife in Guatemala.
Author | : Deborah Chandler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781732352865 |
Download Traditional Weavers of Guatemala Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Guatemala is a land of contrasts: stunning mountain, river, and cloud forest landscapes with the constant threat of volcanic eruptions, mudslides, earthquakes, and brutal upheavals. Against this backdrop, the indigenous Maya and their Ladino compatriots persist in creating some of the loveliest and most colorful textiles the world has known. Their weaving, spinning, and basketmaking have sustained them economically and culturally against the pressures of change and a thirty-six year armed conflict that decimated their population. In Traditional Weavers of Guatemala, twenty artisans share their personal histories, hopes, and dreams along with the products of their hands and looms"--Inside cover.
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Publisher | : Pomegranate Communications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Costume |
ISBN | : 9780876544440 |
Download Guatemala Rainbow Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Guatemala is one of the few places on earth where traditional textile arts from ancient cultures survive: Mayan spinners and weavers still produce the traditional motifs developed by their ancestors, but modern dyes add brilliant, luminous color to their textiles. This book presents 150 superb photographs by Gianni Vecchiato, providing a magnificent view of the textiles people, and daily life of Guatemala. It is truly a feast for the eye and spirit.
Author | : Margot Blum Schevill |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2010-07-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0292787618 |
Download Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Precolumbian times to the present. Originally published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, the book grew out of a 1987 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Costume as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America" at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.
Author | : Margot Schevill |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1997-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Download Maya Textile Tradition Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Maya Textile Tradition provides an in-depth look at the life and art of the Maya of southern Mexico and Central America. Some 145 stunning images, made by the award-winning photographer Jeffrey Jay Foxx and arranged in breathtaking color portfolios, capture the glorious Maya arts and culture as preserved since ancient times. The photographs combine with artful line drawings made especially for this book, an introduction by Linda Schele, co-author of the groundbreaking study of Maya civilization The Blood of Kings, and texts by four leading Mayanists to provide a unique portrait of these proud and vital people. Ecologist James D. Nations introduces us to the history and ecology of the Maya world; Guatemalan author and curator Linda Asturias de Barrios discusses how the old ways still guide the people in their farming, marketing, and weaving; textile specialist Margot Blum Schevill writes on innovation and change in Maya textile art; and anthropologist Robert S. Carlsen discusses ceremony and ritual in the Maya world.
Author | : Sheri Brautigam |
Publisher | : Thrums, LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : DESIGN |
ISBN | : 9780996447584 |
Download Textile Fiestas of Mexico Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Winner: 2017 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Silver, Travel This book, geared to independent-minded travelers, presents the most safe and accessible regional markets and artisan events in Mexico, with an emphasis on finding the finest quality traditional textiles and shopping ethically. Where and when to go, how to get around, what to look for at each location, how to judge quality--it's all here, with abundant photographs and common-sense advice.
Author | : Susanna Badgley Place |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2013-05-01 |
Genre | : Guatemala |
ISBN | : 9780988487604 |
Download Guatemala Journey Among the Ixil Maya Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
For over two millennia, the Ixil Maya communities of northwestern Guatemala have fought to preserve their unique language and cultural identity. The ancient homelands of these mountain Maya encompass 2,324 square kilometers of magnificent cloud forests, gushing waterfalls, secluded valleys and the townships of Nebaj, Chajul, and Cotzal in the rugged Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. This unconventional guide invites Guatemalan and international travelers to discover the extraordinary beauty and rich culture of the Ixil Region through its history of struggle and resilience, local knowledge, heartfelt conversations, and hands-on experience of ancestral cultural traditions, economic innovations, and social transitions.
Author | : Jessica O'Dwyer |
Publisher | : Seal Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2010-10-19 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1580053343 |
Download Mamalita Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The author, who at 32 years old experienced early menopause, chronicles her tireless efforts to adopt a Guatemalan child, including uprooting her life and moving to Antigua in order to navigate the thorny adoption process and finally bring her daughter home. Original.
Author | : Cheryl Conway-Daly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780999051788 |
Download Rug Money Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Recognizing the dire need for more income-generating opportunities for Maya women in Guatemala, an accomplished American textile artist volunteered to teach one rug-hooking class. What follows is a surprising and heartening story about artistry, creative economies, and how access to opportunity truly does change lives. At the heart of Rug Money is the work of artist Mary Anne Wise and her committed team at Multicolores, the rug-hooking nonprofit they formed in Guatemala. In a moving narrative, Mary Anne describes how she created a curriculum for teaching art and design based on her Maya students' needs and abilities, while honoring their culture, and how they later brought their rugs to the famed International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe to much acclaim and successful sales. Rug Money celebrates the extraordinary achievement of Multicolores in creating community, education, and empowerment. While there was no business plan at the outset, the success of Multicolores serves as a model for how to organize and advance a nonprofit while effecting powerful social change.