Earth Bound

Dine in old-fashioned comfort surrounded by elegant fair trade tableware including a luxurious 6 ft. woven tablecloth, a naturally dyed pine needle and native grass basket, accented with woven fringed colorful napkins. All made by talented Guatemalan weavers@Mayanhands. Also shown are indigo-dyed placemats woven in Peru.

Cordoba, the home of the indigenous of Colombia, is considered the origin of #​Sombrero vueltiao, ​the traditional black & white hat voted the cultural symbol of Colombia. It is worn for any festive occasion, including the Olympic delegation, the Colombian nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, ​and by visiting dignitaries ​Pope John Paul and President Bill Clinton.
Reinel Mendoza Montalvo is a principal of Divino Nino Collective, Zenu who make the hats from the native ​caña flecha​, a tall grass-like plant once wide-spread, now grown in family plots. Over time they have developed many other styles, including women’s hats, here modeled by Jenny Carr.
#​sombrerovueltiao ​ #​Caña flecha .

is still practiced by the Boruca where they occupy their traditional lands in Southern Costa Rica high in the Talamanca Mountains. They continue to grow the original , although they have recently begun to cultivate white as well. They weave textiles on hand-made looms and create bags, table coverings, and pillows.