Cultural Cloth
W3560 State Rd. 35
Maiden Rock, WI 54750
(715) 607-1238
info@culturalcloth.com
www.culturalcloth.com
Contact Person: Mary Anne Wise
Wholesale Accounts Available
Cultural Cloth collaborates primarily with women throughout the developing world to produce exquisite home textiles and personal accessories. Our colorful retail shop is filled with gorgeous textiles. The shop is a test kitchen where we cook up products that have a sustainable chain of production. Products that test well become eligible for wholesale production targeted to a select group of nationwide retailers. As lifelong textile artists, we understand the demands of our market and are available for consultation on product feedback, design, and development. We offer tours to Guatemala to "buddy up" with the Mayan women whom we’ve taught to hook rugs and successfully shepherded them through the International Folk Art Market application process.
We are a small service company built upon fair/ ethical-trade ideals. Our purpose is to share some of the extraordinary, fascinating, and magical history, sites, textiles, folk art, and traditions of Peru via tours: Twenty-two days in enchanting Peru with nine days of workshops visiting Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cusco, Machu Picchu, and much more or twelve-day tour to Ayacucho/Huamanga to see the WARI/Huari archaeological sites; visit villages, markets, museums, and workshops of many textile/folk artists. Internships with Living National Treasure and master weaver Maximo Laura and other Indigenous Peruvian textile and folk artists available.
For over twenty-five years, I have served as an international consultant specializing in weaving and other fiber arts, production efficiency, and design. I have lived and consulted in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States, and I have experience working with people from diverse backgrounds, ages, and skill levels. Skilled in translating customer’s stated and unstated expectations into handwoven articles, I know how to translate vision into art inspiration.
