Telling the Tales: A Thank You to Libby VanBuskirk
In her book Beyond the Stones of Machu Picchu, Elizabeth (Libby) VanBuskirk introduces herself as “a writer, weaver, and teacher.”
In her book Beyond the Stones of Machu Picchu, Elizabeth (Libby) VanBuskirk introduces herself as “a writer, weaver, and teacher.”
You may recognize Bob Miller’s name. He is one of our regular blog authors, providing his perspective on Andean-related books
For much of my life, I have loved tramping around in remote places in the American Southwest. Finding blank spots
Not long ago the tradition of weaving was disappearing in Acopia, a small community located on the shores of Acopia
This spring the Andean Textile Arts (ATA) board said goodbye and thank you to two amazing women. Jannes (Jan) Gibson
This is the third in a series of blog posts based on interviews with young people throughout the Peruvian highlands
Three years later, my friends and I are still talking about our Andean Textile Arts (ATA) tour of Peru. In
The recent ATA TextileTalk on “The Andean Textile Tradition of Four-Selvaged Cloth” by Elena Phipps, PhD, highlights one of the amazing technical
In academic circles, the knowledge, skills, and forms of technology that indigenous people have evolved in relationship to their environments
Editors Note: If you’re hearing the term “fibershed” in textile conversations, you’re not alone. A growing number of farmers, fashion
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