Zayzelle: Dress Simply is our new clothing line, one dress, one-of-a-kind, one size fits many, imaginative cloth. Plus, jewelry and an easy-to-wear pullover scarf. Keep checking back for What’s New.
Norma contributes personal essay, How Oaxaca Became Home
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Study Tours + Study Abroad are personally curated and introduce you to Mexico's greatest artisans. They are off-the-beaten path, internationally recognized. We give you access to where people live and work. Yes, it is safe and secure to travel. Groups are limited in size for the most personal experience.
Programs can be scheduled to meet your travel plans. Send us your available dates.
Designers, retailers, wholesalers, universities and other organizations come to us to develop customized itineraries, study abroad programs, meetings and conferences. It's our pleasure to make arrangements.
Our Clients Include *Penland School of Crafts *North Carolina State University *WARP Weave a Real Peace *Methodist University
Tell us how we can put a program together for you! Send an email norma.schafer@icloud.com
1. Oaxaca Natural Dye Workshops: Choose 1, 2 or 3 Days Custom dates to fit your schedule.
2. 4-Day Tapestry Weaving Workshop: Dancing on the Loom Set your own dates.
All Year — Day Tours
1-Day Natural Dye + Weaving Study Tour. Visit home studios. Includes lunch, transportation to/from Oaxaca city. Ask us to arrange yours.
2019 Programs
2020 Programs
Questions? Want more info or to register? Send an email norma.schafer@icloud.com
We send printable map via email PDF usually within 48-hours after order received. Where to see natural dyed rugs in Teotitlan del Valle and layout of the Sunday Tlacolula Market, with favorite eating, shopping, ATMs. Click Here to Buy Map
thank you, norma. i can wait until october for you to check with manuel reyes. do you know his price range? carolyn
Carolyn, the small pieces usually start at around 400-500 pesos. The larger pieces can go up to several thousand pesos. It’s a big range!
norma, would you be able to get a manuel reyes piece for me? i am interested in his hand. (i saw it on your site on feb 19, 2014). if yes, please let me know the price and the cost of shipping. thank you, carolyn
Carolyn, I saw Manuel Reyes on Saturday and he has returned to Yanhuitlan. I just got your request today. I won’t be going to visit him again until late October. Yanhuitlan is in the Mixteca, almost two hours from Oaxaca. I am sorry I won’t be able to help you with your request now, but when I go in October I will try to take photos and see what he has. I am sorry to disappoint you. -Norma
Norma! I would have bought that rug the two dimpled women were holding in a second!
Thanks for showing us what we missed! There’s always more
(thankfully) !
Hi Lynn, yes there are always more! This one is special– woven with gold threads, 22 threads per inch and a fine macrame border. If you want it it can find out cost, send you a PayPal invoice and get it to you by “friend courier” in mid August. It’s a wall tapestry. Not to walk on! Abrazos, Norma
Love my pineapple candles from Viviana Hipolito (Teotitlán del Valle) and am jones-ing for the perro by sculptor Manuel Reyes from Yanhuitlán. Kudos Norma for organizing the sale!
Shannon, come back. The Perro is still here. Thank you for supporting Velas Viviana. Mwah.