The WARP Blog

Couleur Garance was born more than 20 years ago thanks to the unwavering will of a plant color enthusiast, Michel Garcia. It was created as an association initially, which included a botanical collection and different activities to promote natural dye knowledge. It was later on, in 2021, that Couleur Garance became a SCOP. 

A SCOP is a new business model set up in France where all employees have decision-making power. There is no hierarchy. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

By Deborah Chandler “I like work, I like hard work. I work hard to educate my children. I want to become a good wife, mother, and good daughter-in-law, because I am illiterate.” Girja was born in 1975 sometime in December. … Read More

Thank you to all who supported WARP by purchasing tickets for the 2024 Raffle! With your support, we raised over $6000 for WARP to continue our work supporting textile artisans worldwide.

In the year 1998 I graduated from Textile Design and then moved to Barcelona in Spain to study a postgraduate degree in Knitwear Fashion Design. In 2005 I moved to Oaxaca where I had the wonderful opportunity to found and direct the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, a non-profit organization financed by the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation. There, in coexistence and close collaboration with artisans and designers, I realized for the first time the potential of design as a tool for social innovation and transformation. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

On the opening day of Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style, I was on a panel about cultural appropriation and appreciation.Kaiser spoke to the implications of cultural appropriation for consumers. The chance of coming together all of these years later to discuss the same topic in a new context was fortuitous. What I wanted viewers of my documentary in 1999 and visitors to the de Young in 2024 to consider when thinking about this topic hasn’t changed — it’s still all about power.  INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

Here’s a story that comes from the 200-member Oomingmak Musk Ox Producers’ Co-Operative, in operation in the Alaskan Arctic since 1969, making it one of the oldest – and coldest – groups we know of. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

The annual meeting is coming very soon and it’s time to elect our new board members! Right now WARP has 9 board members, each one of them can serve for a 3 year period that can be renewed once. So every member can serve a total of 3 or 6 years. INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL

We are often told that the PLACE of the WARP meeting is an important factor in people’s decision to attend the meeting. Colorado is a GREAT place to live or visit, and we want to share a few of the many options available while you are there. Keep in mind that Colorado in May can be sunny and warm or deliver snow.  INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL