Journal

We travel to Madagascar to meet master basket weavers from Association Tahiana. The association provides training and income earning opportunities for impoverished women as they build skills to eventu … read more

Spirit Weavers: Wounaan basket makers.The Wounaan of Panama’s rain forest believe all plants have spirits and therefore the basket maker is a Spirit Weaver. Contemporary Wounaan baskets are intended t … read more

The Women of Silaiwali: their story in photos.The name Silaiwali is comprised of 2 Hindi words: Silai- the act of stitching together two pieces of fabric and Wali- refers to a feminine person in a pro … read more

In 2015 a customer brought in a bag of embroideries she’d purchased from a women’s economic empowerment group in Madagascar called Stitch St Luce. She wanted us to ‘see’ these pieces, wondering if, pe … read more

The first time we visited Sufiyan Khatri’s natural dye block-printing studio located outside of Bhuj, in the Kutch, we were so excited to see all the colors, all the patterns- we immediately began to … read more