"Sock" puppets for the kids

ajkemaloya
June 5, 2008
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We have been extremely moved by all the children who surround us on a daily basis. We have become accustomed to running workshops with interruptions of baby sounds and children playing. We took some time out of our routine to handmake sock puppets (without socks!) for the kids.

Summer 2011 in San Lucas Toliman

September 17, 2011

We created a new class in the Design & Management program in the School of Design Strategies to run in Fall 2011; Small Business Enterprise: DEED. The goal of this

Ajkem’a Loy’a’s store: 2008 & 2009

June 21, 2009

Lesson learned from the project: only what is truly designed collaboratively remained in the artisan women’s group a year after the project began. In summer 2008 a team of students

Summary, summer 2010

July 14, 2010

Our last few days in Guatemala were so hectic we did not get around to blog and report back on all of the work we were able to accomplish. Now,

Sewing and pattern making

January 16, 2009

Every morning from 9am to 12 pm, I work with Mayda in the shop of Ajkem’a Loy’a,Â designing the shape, making the patterns and sewing the prototypes for the track

Designing 139

January 16, 2009

In the afternoon, from 2pm to 6pm, I work with the other women of Ajkem’a Loy’a,Â Sandra, Romelia, Catherina, Ruth, Gloria, Hilda y Cindy experimenting with weaving. At 4 pm

Ajkem’a Loy’a Workshop: Mostacilla

June 16, 2008

This was the first workshop run by the women from Ajkem’a Loy’a for the group from The New School. They taught us their techniques to make “fajas de mostacilla” (beaded