Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
A short distance from Guatemala City, Sacatepéquez offers two of the best places to study both weaving and language, Antigua and San Antonio Aguas Calientes.
Agua volcano towers over Antigua, a major tourist destination 40 minutes from Guatemala city. Photo by Kathleen Mossman Vitale 2005.
Esperanza Lopez uses a pick for supplementary weft brocading as she works on a huipil or blouse panel in the style of San Antonio Aguas Calientes, her community. Photo by Margot Blum Schevill 2005.
Alida Pérez, leader of a 3000-member artisan cooperative and owner of the Museo del Tejido in Antigua, is pictured with her daughter Jacqueline Anneta and granddaughter Alessandra. Photo by Paul G. Vitale 2005.