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- Sadia and Mohamed on her New Carpet
- Artisans; Crafts; Youth
- As a Small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco, I worked with the local weaving association. One of my projects was creating a carpet catalog for the weavers. This took me into all the houses of the weavers where I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Weaving Woman
- Artisans
- This woman, in the southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania, works on the loom which occupies most of her one room house.
- Volunteer Photos
- Zahra at Cave Door
- Artisans; Terrain
- As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver....
- Volunteer Photos
- Mouhou and Me
- Traditional dress; Artisans; Counterparts
- As a small business development Volunteer in a rural village in Morocco, I helped develop the local weaving association. One of my projects was re-introducing high quality traditional materials through skill building workshops for the artisans. My...
- Volunteer Photos
- Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave
- Artisans; Crafts
- As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with weavers in a rural village in Morocco. The hills surrounding our village were filled with cave dwelling nomads. I became very close with one of these families, the Lahcen Eshu family, and I...
- Volunteer Photos
- Lucila on Paint
- Art; Artisans
- This photo portrays an elder woman painting the Peace Corps Volunteer with a temporary paint from the juices of a fruit called Jagua.
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Ukrainian Embroidery by Marta
- artisans;
- Learning about Ukrainian follklife traditions was a highlight of my service. Marta is a well-known and esteemed embroiderer in the old tradition, a real cultural treasure.
- Volunteer Photos
- Craft Time
- Artisans; elders
- I have been serving in Belize for the past two years. My primary assignment is working with a small mayan womens group that runs a craft center. Part of the way I decided to integrate better was to learn how to make the crafts just like them. This...
- Volunteer Photos
- Basket Making
- elders; artisans; host families
- My first month of service, March 2011, I lived with a host family. My host dad was a basket maker. He started with a long piece of bamboo, whittled it down to the various lengths and widths needed, and proceeded to make baskets. His baskets were...
- Volunteer Photos
- Indigenous Art in Panama
- Artisans
- During my pre-service training (June 2007) I visited a site in Hato Chami, Panama. Here the local artisans are showing us how to weave strings to make bags.
- Volunteer Photos
- Artisan at Work
- Artisans
- I found this man in a tiny village, an oasis dried up by years of drought. If not for the few wires one could see hanging outside some adobe homes, the sensation was of entering a warp to a time when history began. The man's potter wheel was run...
- Volunteer Photos
- Traditional Artisans in Albania
- Markets; Crafts; Artisans
- In the historical town of Kruje, in northern Albania, you can wander through this well-kept market where you will find all kinds of traditional handicrafts being made in front of you. Walk into a one of the stores and watch as women work together...
- Volunteer Photos
- 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
- Henna Tatoos
- Artisans
- Small Business Development RPCVs Morocco, Showing off new henna tatoos with an artisan friend in Marakesh in 2005.
- Volunteer Photos
- PACA Tools at Work
- artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)
- This photo was taken as we completed PACA Tools during CBT, in Ait Hamza, Morocco, November 2010. Here you can see the women of Cooperative Atma, a weaving cooperative, drawing their community map.
- Volunteer Photos
- Bracelets Anyone?
- traditional dress; artisans
- While in Djenne, Mali, I came across this bracelet vendor during the town’s market day. She was more than happy to have her photograph taken! Taken August 1, 2011.
- Volunteer Photos
- The Mad Hatter
- traditional dress; artisans
- I took this photo in August 2011 in Ecuador at the famous "Poncho Plaza." This is largely an indigenous community that successfully markets its traditional Andean textiles and goods throughout the world. This photo depicts the Panama hat, a symbol...
- Volunteer Photos
- Bushmen Couple At Work
- Artisans; Community development; Housing
- 1985 Village of Shakawe, Botswana, Africa. These people are called Bushmen or Hottentots. The man is crafting poison tipped arrows. The women is boring holes in ostrich egg fragments to use as beads. This is a very remote village best known for...
- Volunteer Photos
- Craft Day at the Library
- Artisans; Children; Community development
- A fellow PCV, Jack, and I returned to visit our sites in June, 2004. We held a craft day for the children at the library, which included shield painting, bead stringing, face painting and making Ndebele dolls. The library was part of Jack's site,...
- Volunteer Photos
- Straw Mat Weaving 101
- artisans; elders; host families
- This is a photo of my host mother during Pre-Service Training from March 3, 2010 in Matshipe, South Africa. A Sotho mother of eight, she loved to spend the hot South African summers laying on her woven straw mats underneath the shade. One...
- Volunteer Photos