by Kelsey Wiskirchen & Deborah Chandler NOTA: PUEDE LEER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO It’s December, the end of another great year for Weave A Real Peace – maybe its best ever! So we want to blow our own horns – which are YOUR horns, since this is an organization that is absolutely by … Read more
By Yasmine Dabbous, PhD. NOTA: PUEDE LEER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO Note: Names and other details about the students were altered to protect their privacy. Six women sat around the table looking at me. I had just announced the end of our embroidery session. No one moved. “We don’t want to leave,” Fadia … Read more
by Deborah Chandler NOTA: PUEDE LEER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO We can pretty well surmise that, in general, WARP members are readers. But do you realize how many are also writers? When I first came back onto the board in May of 2021, one of my simple ideas went something like this: Hey, … Read more
by Judy Newland Photography: Darcy Fabre NOTA: PUEDE LEER LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL MÁS ABAJO As a longtime spinner and weaver – and a mother – this is a story that reflects a love many of us share. It may sweep you away to another time when mothers created piles of beautiful blankets for their … Read more
by Debbie Durham Image above: Yanet Soto of CTTC The International Folk Art Market (IFAM) is held annually in Santa Fe, NM in July. Many WARP members volunteer at the Market, filling roles ranging from delivering water or box lunches to helping artists with sales in their booths. 2022 was my second year volunteering, with … Read more
Volunteering for WARP can be hard work or light. Fun or serious. Big job or small. In a team or isolated. There are many opportunities requiring many skills and welcoming many personalities. What follows are notes from some of our current 23 volunteers – over and above the nine on the board – women whose … Read more
by Julio Alfredo Cardona Morales Photography by Mark Van Wormer Image above: A group of weavers in San Rafael, Rabinal: Gilberta Gonzalez, Berta Cuja, Bernarda Morales, Celestina Gonzalez, and two others who have left the group. NOTA: puede ver la historia en español abajo del inglés Labor Supply in Guatemala Guatemala is a country with … Read more
by Ansie van der Walt Image above: a Ramallah (Palestine) head shawl, photo from @tirazcentre In her book Threads of Identity, Widad Kawar tells the stories of four women she knew who played a significant role in not only creating beautiful tahriry embroidery and malak outfits but in spreading its legacy across Palestine and beyond. Women from Beit Dajan … Read more