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> a Maya backstrap loom weaver working on a Puryear 'FusionDeMaya' scarf at a textile cooperative in Solola, Guatemala. 
I'm pleased to be one of their customers, supporting the traditional textile practices of the Maya women and I'm happy to report that their self-governed business is growing, their facility will soon be expanded 

 I often purchase napkins and kitchen towels from Manos de Las Crucenas, Santa Cruz  a town on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala... Napkins and kitchen towels are made from typical upcycled Maya 'jaspe' cotton garment (corte) fabric. This beautiful cloth is found in local markets.


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Installation views

Installation views
ARC Gallery. Chicago. ORDINARY WORDS Series (unframed pieces). SOUVENIR HANKIE Series (framed pieces). click image for CANTV interview link

NOTES FROM YOU Series. Artworks Gallery. New Bedford, MA

ORDINARY WORDS SERIES

ORDINARY WORDS SERIES
ANCESTRY-ADDRESS BOOK 1. Unframed. Size: 41” x 29.5”. One of five in series. Jacquard woven panel. Digitally altered address book image. Hand-embroidered embellishments. Digitally printed fabric “snapshots” of a 1950s school photo image and altered map sewn to surface.

SOUVENIR HANKIE Series. Four of eight pieces in series. Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton MA.

WRITING LESSONS Series

WRITING LESSONS Series
WRITIING LESSONS - SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. Framed size 22" x 22". layers of vintage handkerchiefs. Page from 19thc. penmanship practice book. Beads. Embroidery.

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS-RUDE.HUM.BED.

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS-RUDE.HUM.BED.
6" x 6" miniature. Six pieces in HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS Series. Found text. Vintage handkerchief fragment. Hawaiian dictionary cuts. Beads and embroidery embellishments.

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES
SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES-GOTHIC QUARTER. One of 7 pieces in series. Found lace hankie, digitally printed map fragment, embroidery

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES - CAUTION. digitally manipulated printed image, vintage embroidered hankie. Framed size: 18" x 18".

WRITING LESSONS - SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. detail. Silk handkerchief. Pearl beads. Penmanship book practice page.