Celebrating Guatemala's legendary handloomed textiles, Maria Godoy de Gimpel shares their magic. This set of 18 of glossy paper placemats depict the huipil blouses worn in Chichicastenango. The intricate motifs in pink, blue, yellow, purple and orange can be seen in the Museo Ixchel del Traje IndÃgena, which holds the copyright for this image. The colors come from vegetable dyes, certified by the PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification). Each 80-gram sheet can be used in a variety of wonderful ways, including gift wrapping, book covers or can be framed as art. A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Ixchel Museum to carry on their mission. As these placemats are made of paper, they cannot by cleaned and are thus intended for single use only.
Language: English
