This Volunteer is an artisan advisor and crafts teacher with Cooperative Chiscolapa in a new project to raise sisal (“kaboya”) for twinning and sewing into artful carpets using pre-Columbia Nicaraguan designs. Here the Volunteer works with...
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...
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.
Knight Foundation; Artisans; Crafts; Business development
This Volunteer teaches industrial arts at Jennings Secondary School in Antigua. He will complete his third year of Peace Corps service in May, 1976. He teaches shop four days a week and Spanish three days a week.
Knight Foundation; Artisans; Crafts; Business development
This Volunteer teaches industrial arts at Jennings Secondary School in Antigua. He will complete his third year of Peace Corps service in May, 1976. He teaches shop four days a week and Spanish three days a week.
This Volunteer works with two cooperatives near the northern Colombian port city of Barranquilla. One is an agriculture marketing co-op, the other an artisan co-op where, as shown here, the Volunteer helps the women with designs and with marketing....
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.
My Peace Corps service included working directly with artisans to facilitate their understanding of basic marketing fundamentals. I accompanied them to a craft fair and suggested they put price stickers on products to facilitate sales to tourists;...
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...
This photo was taken January 29, 2011 during a meeting with the first Artesan Youth Group of La Montana, Osical, Morazan, El Salvador. The kids are meeting to learn how to tie-dye shirts that will be sold to promote the culture of the community and...
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...
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.