Artisan & Culture
This colorful section of the blog is to highlight the culture & handmade process of our artisans and to share other relevant articles on anthropology and hand-craft.
Latest articles from Artisan & Culture
Egypt Artisanry: A Taste of Local Flavor
Craftsmanship in Egypt dates back thousands of years, with the most skilled artisans decorating temples and palaces. While you can’t take pieces of the Great Pyramids home with you, these mementos carry the weight of history offering both skilled craftsmanship and fascinating origins.
Water for all - All for water
Ethnotek teamed up with Viva Con Agua to create a limited-edition collection of artisan Thread fabrics in the village of Kandherai, India. The fabrics commissioned for this collection are used as a training program to educate and employ the next generation of artisan weavers. In addition to that mission, 10% of your purchase goes to building clean water wells in Uganda, Ethiopia and Nepal!
Studying The Effects of Climate Change on American Pika
As an intern at Rocky Mountain Wild, I expected that I would be filling in some odd jobs. Like most internships, my job description ends with those familiar words, “and other duties as assigned.” Luckily, one of those other duties is the opportunity to go into high-elevation alpine environments to help Megan Mueller, our Senior Conservation Biologist, with her research on pikas.
Connecting Kickstarter Backers with the Artisans in India
Back in October, we ran our first ever Kickstarter campaign to launch a brand new bag design called the Premji Backpack. As part of the campaign, we offered a reward level that not only included two bags, but also an all expense paid trip to join Ethnotek on a fabric sourcing trip to India. We were honored to have not one, but two awesome backers pledge at that reward level!
Ressurect People through the Uganda Project
Some good friends of ours have been building something absolutely powerful over the past 10+ years and we want to tell you all about it!
Glorious Ghana
If there’s one thing we’re passionate about here at Ethnotek, it’s keeping culture alive! In honor of our recent launch of the new Akan collection, we wanted to take the time to share some fascinating information about Ghana’s culture and history.
Spring Celebrations Around the World
Springtime symbolizes rebirth, newness, shedding of old skin, and moving forward towards a new year, new life, and well, lots of new things! Around the world, cultures celebrate the renewal of life after winter per tradition and ritual.
Guatemalan Roots: Who Are the Maya?
Hand-woven textile. Antiqua, Guatemala
We want to take you on a journey through the history of the Maya - the ancient communities who used to inhabit Mesoamerica and most of the Chichén Itzá peninsula of what is now current-day Mexico and part of Guatemala.
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Artisan & Culture
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