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Local market in Antigua, Guatemala.
Textiles is perhaps Guatemala's best-known and most popular artisanal activity; It is also one of the most important export products in the country. The most popular fabrics are produced by indigenous women, creating intricate designs with multiple colors; but in general, typical fabrics are produced by both, women and men, women use the traditional back-strap loom with wooden sticks, while men use a big pedal loom to produce them.
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These mosaics were inspired by the wonderful textiles of Guatemala. The are created with mosaic glass, broken plates, van Gough glass, beads, semi-precious stones, glass nuggets, tiles and irridescent glass. They have MDF bases, rainbow coloured grout and measrue 19 by 19 and 15 by 37 cm respectively.
10% of any sales go to Probigua, a non profit organisation which works on building schools in Guatemala.
Textifood, an exhibition of resent fibres made from plant or animal sources, to be used for creating textiles. Palace of Culture and Science, Warszawa, Poland