Clara comes from a family with a long tradition of weaving, learning from her parents and starting the craft when she was 15 years old. “I am fortunate for the work that God gave the people of T...
Ludivina and Faustino work well together and value being able to spend their days together. Faustino focuses on designing the tapetes and figuring out what sizes they should be, while Ludivina is ...
Fernando has a long, wonderful history with leather. At the age of 10, in the central Mexican city of Guadalajara, he began working at his uncle’s leather shoe company. He was in charge of sewing ...
Isabel and Vicki are two of five siblings and along with their parents, the entire family is dedicated to the business of weaving. On any given afternoon, if you were to stop by and visit the fami...
Hilda started weaving when she was 11 years old. Like many in the Zapotec artisan community of Teotitlán del Valle, she began when her mother assigned her simple tasks such as making thread bobbin...
Josefina learned to weave when she was 12 years old, taught by her parents. Together with her sister they helped with simple tasks such as arranging threads and making bobbins, and in time she bec...