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Regan Billingsley’s heartfelt homage to the heritage crafts of Guatemala

In the BOH series What I Love, we’re asking designers to build us a mood board of what’s inspiring them right now. Growing up ...
SFGate

Competition Weaves Gloom for Artists / Cheap imitations flood market for Guatemalan fabrics, putting squeeze on 20-year-old cooperative

2001-03-25 04:00:00 PDT San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala-- Strand by colorful strand, Jose Maria Sicajan Perez and his friends wove their very future inside a busy textile cooperative they founded more ...
Companies

Guatemalan makers pin growth on trade wars

Guatemala’s textiles and apparel industry expects to grow sales by 10% to $1.8bn this year as the US’s escalating trade war with China turns eyes towards Central America. Simultaneously, neighbouring ...
Inhabitat

Fabrica’s Uniquely Textured Polar Bear Rug Is Upcycled from Guatemalan Textile Waste

Have you ever dreamed about curling up in front of the fire–with a glass of wine and that special someone–on a gorgeous polar bear rug? Don’t worry–we’re not suddenly supporting the hunting of these ...
The Taipei Times

Taiwan charity donates 74km of fabric to Guatemala

A Taiwanese charity on Monday donated 888 rolls of fabric with a total length of 74km to Guatemala, in the hopes of helping those participating in the “Improving the Socioeconomic Conditions of Women ...