An exploration of prehistoric spinning technology: Spinning efficiency and technology transition
An experimental archaeology study that compared hand production rates for textile yarns. Archaeometry, 48: 293-307
Magazine Contemporary Navajo Weaving: Thoughts that Count. Special issue of Plateau 65(l)
Description coming soon.
Magazine Crochet patterns
Most of my articles are crochet patterns in magazines. https://www.carolventura.com/pubs.html
Magazine Culture and History: subregional Variation among the Maya
Mayas from Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, narrate strikingly similar stories that are part of their oral tradition. These similarities reflect the fact that Mayas from both areas share a common cultural tradition...
Magazine Fiber-safe extraction of red mordant dyes
Description of an extraction and analysis method for textile dyes that are fixed with mordants. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 34:195-206
Magazine Guatemalan Story Cloths: Women Finding Their Voices, Piecework Magazine, Fall 2021
Guatemalan Story Cloths: Women Finding Their Voices
Magazine Heddlecraft
Heddlecraft is a digital magazine for handweavers who love to weave and want to know more. http://www.heddlecraft.com/
Magazine Kantha: Forms and Transformations
The kantha or, as it is increasingly referred to as the nakshi kantha, is an important aspect of Bengali women's domestic arts and crafts. Kanthas are made in most parts of Bangladesh...
Magazine New Exchange Processes in the International Market: the Re-making of Maya Artisan Production in Guatemala
Museum Anthropology Vol 21, No2, Fall 1997. P 72-82
Magazine Selvedge Magazine, Latin America edition Issue 89
I wrote an article on the iconography of Chiapas textiles.
Magazine Un traje en peligro de extinción – A traditional clothing in danger of extinction – Traditional Clothing in Danger of...
My experience with the 'Flor Sylvestre' Mazahua, Santa Rosa de Lima, State of Mexico, teaching themselves spinning, dyeing and weaving skills to maintain their traditional traje. https://livingtextilesofmexico.wordpress.com/
Magazine Your Weaving Teacher
A column in Handwoven Magazine for 9 years written under the name Debbie Redding. A column written to help weavers, beginners and others, understand all aspects of weaving, mostly on four or...
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