Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: Artisans
(109 results)



Display: 20

    • Talitali

    • Talitali

    • artisans

    • In this photo, I am weaving (talitali) a mat with two friends, Serema and Kata. We are weaving in their home in Natuvu Village, Fiji. The photo was taken in 2010. The mats are made out of a plant called 'voivoi' that the women grow and process...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Muñecas

    • Muñecas

    • artisans; crafts

    • Muñecas are colorful cloth dolls made and sold by indigenous Mexican women in a style traditional before the conquest of Mexico by Spain.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Argan Oil

    • Argan Oil

    • host families; artisans

    • This photo was taken in the small village of Ain Chaib, Morocco, just east of Agadir, on my host grandmothers farm. It is early morning and Jdda (grandma) is sitting on a grain bag, sifting through argan nuts as she pours them into a hand operated...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Buying Tire Shoes

    • Buying Tire Shoes

    • Markets; Volunteers; Artisans

    • This photo was taken in November of 2011 in Kenya. A fellow Volunteer is buying shoes made out of old tires from a man in the market.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Art of Silk Weaving

    • The Art of Silk Weaving

    • Artisans; Host community friends

    • I took this photo during one of my visits to a silk weaving group in my community. I was located in a subdistrict of 13 villages. Almost every house in every village had a weaving loom -all day you would hear the wood hitting the loom to make the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The Carpet Shop

    • The Carpet Shop

    • Markets; Volunteers; Artisans

    • Peace Corps Trainnes Orianna and Sharon visit Dar Neghrassi in Azrou during training. Abdou was great company for many Volunteers, serving tea, helping with language, educating SBD volunteers about rugs - and maybe even selling them some!
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The new sign

    • The new sign

    • Artisans; Volunteers

    • PCVs Sharon Keld and Brian Kremer present a sign to the Azrou rug cooperative president, Azrou, Morocco. Also in the picture is a metal artisan at the Azrou Ensemble Artisanal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting

    • Marche Maroc Sustainability Meeting

    • artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Volunteers lead a meeting on 'how to maintain direct access to markets' for artisans attending Marche Maroc Essaouira, a national craft fair organized by Peace Corps Volunteers in the Small Business Development sector in Morocco
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemena Weaving

    • Yemena Weaving

    • Artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • Creative Center Grand Opening

    • celebrations; artisans

    • To mark the grand opening of the Centre de Creativite d'Adeta, a center funded by the donors of Peace Corps Partnership and community members of ADEC-Togo, I marched to the doors for the ribbon cutting with village chiefs and members of the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Leave it to Weaver

    • Leave it to Weaver

    • Artisans; Volunteers

    • This photo was taken on November 12, 2010, a month into the training of the 23rd group of Volunteers to serve in Burkina Faso. The Small Enterprise Development Volunteers took a field trip to visit a local artisan group in Koudougou, and pictured...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zoya's Sew Shop

    • Zoya's Sew Shop

    • Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Zoya works in a small room just off the shortcut I take into town every day. She says she learned how to sew when she was 17 at classes she took at the cultural house in Yeghegnadzor over 30 years ago. She along with her soviet era sewing machine...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Siapo Artisan

    • Siapo Artisan

    • Artisans; Host community; Traditional dress

    • Siapo (or tapa) is a cloth made from the bark of mulberry trees and painted in traditional Samoan motifs. This artisan had just completed this custom siapo for Peace Corps Volunteer Erik Martin to commemorate the completion of his service....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • A Pottery Demo

    • A Pottery Demo

    • Artisans

    • Dominique organized a pottery exchange between master potters from her home in Nebraska and master potters in her village of service in Amizmiz, Morocco. This is a photo of Dominique giving her demonstration during this two-day event in 2008.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Hand-dying Threads

    • Hand-dying Threads

    • Artisans

    • The process to make Corte, the traditional Indigenous wrap worn by the women of all ages, has many steps and takes several weeks. Hand-dying the thread is done outside in big buckets year-round since corte is made daily here in San Andres Xecul,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Master Basket Weaver at Work

    • Artisans

    • This is a photo of the most talented basket weaver of the Artisan's Cooperative of Mayo-Ouldeme in Northern Cameroon. I worked closely with this coop group to get established and run a shop selling the wares of all the artisans in the village.
    • Volunteer Photos

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK