Country: Peru Isidoro was born on 4 April 1954, in a village from the Cuzco region. In 1975, when he was 17 years old, Isidoro started working in a small knitting business where he didn’t actually knit, he was an assistant that swept the floors or put together the right colors of yarn for the […]
Isabel is originally from Juliaca, a small town close to Puno in the south of Perú. She have been working with Minga since 2010, making various alpaca blend accessories. Isabel learned to knit from her father, who started out knitting everything by hand. She currently shares work with 15 artisans in her family’s workship in […]
Humberto has been working with Minga since 2006. He weaves acrylic scarves on the loom.
Working with Minga since 2005 Workshop: Cotacachi, Ecuador Products: Cotton Clothing- Blouses, shirts, Guayaberas
Francisco is one of seven children living in a compound divided up for them by their parents. Everyone in the family is an artisan. Francisco, like 3,000 other people in the small town of San Antonio de Ibarra, is an artisan—a woodcarver and sculptor. He has been working 26 years in wood. For 15 of […]
Home: Otavalo, Imbabura Province of Ecuador Products: Acrylic Scarves Favorite Music: Romantic Music Favorite Dance: Merengue Favorite Pasttime: Combining colors in her work Favorite Vacation Spot: The Jungle Goals: To continue growing her business Gladys was born in 1973 in Quichinche and her husband Carlos Burga in 1974 in Otavalo. They have a son named […]
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Luis was born in Peguche, near the city of Otavalo. He and his wife Estela ambitious artisans who produce solid colored scarves primarily for the Otavalo market. Their family business includes Luis’ mother, Rosa Elena and father, Jose Lema. It was founded on a tradition of knitting that goes back over three generations. Luis was taught the principles […]