Study tours are personally curated and introduce you to Mexico's most stunning artisans. They are off-the-beaten path, internationally recognized, live and work at home where it is safe and secure to travel. Groups are limited to 12 people for the most personal experience.
Workshops are scheduled according to your travel plans. Send us your available dates.
Designers, retailers, wholesalers, universities and other organizations come to us to develop customized itineraries, meetings and conferences. It's our pleasure to make arrangements.
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 No dye workshops from August 30 until mid-November. Sorry!
2. Four-Day Tapestry Weaving Workshop: Dancing on the Loom Set your own dates.
3. One-Day Natural Dye + Weaving Study Tour No study tours available from August 30 to mid-November. Sorry!
December 22, 2017: Follow-Me Photography Walking Tour: Christmas Posada in Teotitlan del Valle ONE DAY. Gain access! Join the tradition, capture your memories.
2018 Programs
January 14 – 24: Oaxaca Valley and Coast Textile Study Tour Sold Out. Get on Wait List!
February 13 – 22: Chiapas Textile Study Tour: Deep Into the Maya World Sold Out. Taking a Wait List.
March 2 – 9: Women’s Creative Writing & Restorative Yoga Retreat 2018 Registration is OPEN!
Questions? Want to Register? Send an email norma.schafer@icloud.com
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.