Collection: Arcoiris Cooperative

"We are a women's group of 25 women from San Juan Cotzal called 'Rainbow.' When we first started working with women in 1990, there were 250 women in our group. Over the years, our group has gotten smaller as many older members no longer participate and instead we work with their children or grandchildren.
We were encouraged to become a formal cooperative, with a local board of directors, in 2013. Typically, we meet frequently as a group and have received training to use our weaving skills to make more 'marketable' products. 
However, we don't have an outlet to a market to sell the products that we have, especially now with the pandemic. Before, I would travel personally to Guatemala City or Antigua, Guatemala with large bags of products in activities. Now there is no public transport to get to the places I used to go and sell products. This work represents the weaving of San Juan Cotzal. We appreciate your business."
-Concepción, Cooperative Director 

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Why Ixil Collective?

Ixil [ee-sheel] Collective is a collaboration between Maya Ixil weavers and an American designer. 

Because the Ixil region of Guatemala is far off the beaten tourist path, there is very little direct access to a market for artisans. Instead, artisans (primarily indigenous women) sell their wares for dismal prices to middlemen who then transport them to large markets in other parts of the country and turn a profit for themselves.

Ixil Collective was created to help these remote artisans earn a more substantial market share.

All designs are based on traditional Ixil dress and motifs and are made by Ixil artisans living in the towns of Chajul, Cotzal and Nebaj in the Quiché region of Guatemala.

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