In this photo, taken on July 29th, 2010, at a GLOW camp in Mohammedia, Morocco, the facilitator is leading a natural dye workshop for the camp participants, showing them how wool can be colored using natural products in the environment. Using...
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,...
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,...
Artists and Artisans at Stari Zanaeti along with Peace Corps Volunteer, Tracy Sparks, are studying methods of 3D sculpting and Adaptation of Traditional Artisan Motifs with plans to develop market ready functional objects, such as housewares and...
This man is a woodcarver and his name is Gotchoo. The little carved snuff bottle in his hand is one of the most beautifully carved objects I have ever seen-entirely covered with intricate and symbolic carvings. It is used in a little greeting...
This is a photo of a Kalinago Ondian. They are the only indigenous people of the Caribbean left and they only reside in Dominica. They still make many of the same things they once made hundreds of years ago, including baskets and canoes.
December 2009, Republic of Panama.
Ngäbe women wear colorful dresses with traditional designs. In communities like the one where I lived, they are made by hand and in a variety of colors. Shown in this image are a group of artisan women from my...
Ngäbe women of the local artisan group who make handcrafts out of local materials and are wearing their colorful traditional dresses, also made by hand. March 2010.