Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: Crafts
(152 results)



Display: 20

    • Weaving Silk

    • Weaving Silk

    • Crafts; Artisans; Host families

    • This is a picture of my host mother's eldest sister weaving silk on the loom outside of her house. This practice is traditionally passed down to women from generation to generation. Women all over the village (mainly the elders) can be seen making...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Reeds for Weaving

    • Reeds for Weaving

    • Crafts; Terrain

    • This grass was drying in Thailand in August 2010. The next step is to dye them and then they are woven into mats for sitting on the floor when you eat.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Making Paraguayan Lace

    • Making Paraguayan Lace

    • Crafts

    • This Volunteer creates and organizes concentrated, integrated programs of public health in rural sattelite areas. Here, Joe watches his wife Gloria work with local family to help them market their special Paraguayan lace called “nanduti.”
    • Agency Photos
    • Weaving

    • Weaving

    • Crafts

    • This Volunteer is serving in Morocco as a teacher. She teaches English as a foreign language to Moroccan students at the high school level. In the photo shown, she practices her weaving during spare time.
    • Agency Photos
    • Ecuadorian Pottery

    • Ecuadorian Pottery

    • Crafts; Artisans

    • For centuries, the potters in the Ecuadorian village of Chordeleg have been famous for their craftsmanship. Here are some of the products that they produce.
    • Agency Photos
    • Pottery in Chordeleg

    • Pottery in Chordeleg

    • Crafts; Artisans; Business development

    • This Volunteer is a potter and is stationed in the Ecuadorian village of Chordeleg, noted for the pottery produced there. His efforts are directed toward introduction of new designs and techniques while maintaining the uniqueness that is the result...
    • Agency Photos
    • Technical Advisor

    • Technical Advisor

    • Crafts; Business development; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is a technical advisor to handicrafts cooperatives. Here she visits the home of her Fulani neighbor and admires their one-month old baby.
    • Agency Photos
    • Women Making Tapa

    • Women Making Tapa

    • Artisans; Crafts; Art

    • Women from a small village on the island of 'Eua spend the day painting tapa cloth. These cloths can be up to 50 feet long and are made from the bark of a tree. The cloths, once finished are given as gifts at many events, such as weddings,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Learning to Make Carpets

    • Learning to Make Carpets

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

    • A friend took this photo of me during training in 2007 in Godkepe, Turkmenistan, at a women's carpet-making "factory," a collective warehouse where women came together to weave large carpets. The knot-making was not complicated, but time consuming,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The monster mash

    • The monster mash

    • Celebrations; Children; Crafts

    • This picture was taken at my school in Armenia on October 31st 2010. This was the first time the Armenian students had ever heard of Halloween and celebrated it. In the picture they are holding up pictures of monsters they that they made and are...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Celebrating Independence Day

    • Celebrating Independence Day

    • Celebrations; Youth; Anniversaries; Schools; Crafts

    • I took this photo during my first few weeks teaching 3rd and 4th grade elementary school in Belize. Our indigenous K'ekchi Maya students were making homemade flags celebrating Belize's 25th year as an independent nation.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remember

    • Remember

    • Children; Celebrations; Crafts; September 11, 2001

    • This picture is of my 5th grade Technology class at my Primary School in South Africa. We were learning about structures and talking about structures found in cities. I decided to share two famous structures in America in lieu of the upcoming 10th...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Remember

    • Remember

    • Children; Celebrations; Crafts; September 11, 2001

    • This photo was taken at my school in South Africa. This is my 5th grade technology class where we were learning about structures. We discussed how structures are created and different types. I taught them about skyscrapers and in lieu of the 10th...
    • 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