FUSION DE MAYA NEWS

Hello to all CULTURAL SURVIVAL INDIGENOUS BAZAAR shoppers.

FusionDeMayaStudio silky-bamboo scarves are for sale at my ETSY store: 

Fusion De Maya has a new ETSY store 

 ....see: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FusionDeMayaStudio

now selling bamboo scarves and my own super soft handwoven kitchen towels

The Art is the Cloth --how to look at and understand tapestries. Micala Sidore, author. Schiffer Publications, 2019. MPuryear early tapestry work included in book. 
 see:  theartisthecloth@gmail.com

 Weave a Real Peace..."WARP"
Fusion De Maya is represented in the WARP Artisan Textile Resource Guide.
see:    weavearealpeace.org/fusion-de-maya/

'Endnotes' essay for HANDWOVEN MAGAZINE, May/June 2020 issue. 
"Thank You, Else Regensteiner": weaving with Else Regensteiner at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1960s
see:   https://longthreadmedia.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/handwoven-issues/HWN_MayJune2020e.pdf?

My travels in Guatemala documented in virtual Hand/Eye Magazine 

see:   http://handeyemagazine.com/content/travels-guatemala

Where to find my  FusionDeMaya  products in 2020

Galleries and Museum Stores
The Clearing/Bookstore. Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin    
    ....www.theclearing.org
Peabody Essex Museum Shop, Salem Massachusetts
   .....https://pemshop.com/
Gallery 6-1/2 Bridge Street, Padanaram Village, South Dartmouth Massachusetts
   .....www.facebook.com/6-12-Bridge-Street-Gallery
New Bedford Art Museum Store, New Bedford Massachusetts
   .....newbedfordart.org
Minnesota Textile Center Store, Minneapolis Minnesota
   .....https://textilecentermn.org/artistcall-holidaygallery/
Guilford Art Center Store, Guilford Connecticut
   .....https://guilfordartcenter.org/about-the-shop/
Haute Enchilada Gallery, Moss Landing California
   .....https://www.hauteenchilada.com/

Fairs and Bazaars:
Cultural Survival Bazaar. Tiverton Rhode Island.  July 25 and 26, 2020
  .....https://bazaar.culturalsurvival.org/    cancelled due to Covid19 online shopping available 
Cultural Survival Bazaar. Cambridge Massachusetts.  date TBA
   .....http://the-art-drive.com/artist/marjorie-durko-puryear/
Minnesota Waldorf School Holiday Fair, St Paul Minnesota.  date TBA
   .....https://mnwaldorf.org/holiday-fair/  cancelled due to Covid19 
Minnesota Textile Center, Holiday Shop. Minneapolis Minnesota. TBA 
   .....https://textilecentermn.org/artistcall-holidaygallery/

Truly one-of-a-kind production.

Fusion De Maya scarves are not woven on long production warps.

They are woven one scarf at a time on traditionally historic backstrap looms that can only accommodate one scarf at a time.

I enjoy designing new color striping. My Maya partners at the textile cooperative dye small quantities of bamboo yarn to match each of my colors. Scarves and shawls are woven by women in their own rural villages. 
I care about creative choices, fair-wage and fair-trade support.

Fusion De Maya products are not sold online or from a website.  
My scarves and shawls are placed in galleries and museum shops across the country.

Contact me for more information: mpuryear@umassd.edu 

news

> 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.

Whimsical Art Pillows
These pillows started life as cunningly designed ladies hankies. Yes, I have collected women's handkerchiefs from the 50s and 60s. They are often signed by notable designers of the period.
I collage and layer exceptional handkerchiefs with other unique pieces of cloth, apply stitching embellishment and hand embroidery. My approach to textile collage is sensual, skillful and overall whimsical.

Handwoven Scarves, Shawls and Pillows  designed by Marjorie Puryear woven in Guatemala

Fusion De Maya is the name of my handwoven fashion scarf and decorative pillow business. I am owner, designer and colorist. 

Newest scarves and shawls are hand-dyed bamboo and textured bamboo chenille.
My designs are handwoven on traditional backstrap looms at artisan textile cooperatives in the Highlands of Guatemala.

I travel to Guatemala annually to distribute orders and pic up completed products.

I am pleased to be associated with fair trade/fair wage textile cooperatives. My support provides indigenous weavers with income opportunities and also helps sustain Mayan textile traditions.