Join us for our opening in NYC on 09/24, 6PM

Aronson Gallery - 66 5th Ave, NY, NY
09/19 - 10/03, 10AM - 8PM

Opening Reception
09/24, 6PM

Beaded pixels: an experimental animation

As I mentioned before, after learning how to bead I became fascinated with this idea of each bead as a pixel. Here is a short animation that took me 3 weeks to bead (and 1 hour to put together :)).

And this is how the storefront turned out...

Before and After shots from the inside coming soon...

A Final Snapshot

Our month-long stay in San Lucas ended with the inauguration of Ajkem'a Loy'a's newly redesigned store. Here it is - the new logo handpainted on the facade, courtesy of Elias Jacinto (master painter & typographer in San Lucas) with side texts by our own Jeremy "Jeremias Ganabien" Goodwin.

Estella with a fish bag. Tomorrow, Monday the 23rd, Candice and Trey (Carlos) will do a workshop with the children of Ajkem'a Loy'a to make little bags. The children are very inspiring, they make us beautiful drawings and brighten up our days with 

their love, affection and openess. While one of the groups is conducting a workshop 

with the women, another group takes care of the kids.

Our final week

Next week will be our last week here in San Lucas. We have done a lot and yet feel there is so much left to do! We will be focusing on three major things in the next several days:
1. Working with the women of Ajkem'a Loy'a to organize, plan, practice and promote workshops for tourists - in beading, backstrap loom weaving, and jewelry making.
2. Redesign their store and association's logo (stay tuned for before & after pix!)
3. Continue refining their construction skills in patternmaking and sewing to facilitate new product development.

Stay tuned for some final images, outcomes, and most importantly, next steps...

Chichicastenango

A 30-minute boat ride to Panajachel and an hour car ride (or 4-hour multiple transfer bus ride on public transportation as some from our group experienced) got us to Chichicastenango known for its enormous outdoor market on Thursdays and Sundays (as well as the church in which the Popol Vuh was found.)

Walking for several hours through the windy paths of the market with vendors on either side of us, we confirmed that the competition in the Guatemalan arts & crafts market is fierce. We found everything from antique guipiles, to westernized adaptations of the typical outfits, to bedspreads, wooden items, and even leather goods.

It is critical that our group be able to develop innovative products to be able to enter the market, and this week we begin the process of figuring out what some of those could be.