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In the Amazon a Story is Waiting to be Told- A Shuar short film project
Kantza is a film project envisioned and produced by members of the Shuar nation, indigenous caretakers of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Through collaboration with professional video and audio technicians the tribe intends to share the beauty of their culture as well as the struggle to preserve their homelands. Furthermore, the skills ...
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Hummingbird Arts & Cultural Center – Kinti Wasi
Perched high on a hill overlooking Otavalo is a giant hummingbird. Like the many iridescent hummingbirds found buzzing around the city, this one also has green wings. Otavalo’s Intercommunity Cultural Center, the Hummingbird House (known as Kinti Wasi in the Indigenous Kichwa language) was officially opened to the public on ...
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Marketing Lessons From the Weavers of Ecuador
What I Learned About Marketing From the Weavers of Ecuador High in the Andean mountains, in a tiny village where the art and craft of weaving has been passed from generation to generation, I, a marketing veteran of 20 years, learned a lesson about marketing. In North America, we tend ...
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Inlay Silver Jewelry
Discovering unique handmade jewelry, precious items crafted as a work of art and a labor of love, can make shopping in foreign markets truly an adventure. Silver jewelry inlaid with semiprecious stones and conch shells is an interplay of color, pattern and history. Common design motifs incorporated into many of ...
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North American Indian Craft in South America
Thursday, August 4, 2011 · 3 CommentsCrafts and clothing inspired by the traditions of North American Indians are found in Ecuador. Items like eagle feather war bonnets, bone hairpipe chokers, beaded wristbands and leather tipis, these are items that you would expect to find in Great Plains Indian trading posts.
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Otavalo in the Blogosphere
Saturday, June 11, 2011 · 1 CommentThere are so many bloggers who visit Otavalo and place great photos, videos and personal accounts of visiting Ecuador on their blogs. Here is a collection or “blog carnival” of what I have been viewing over the past week, posts on Otavalo from other sites around the blogosphere that I ...
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Otavalo Mountain Shirt
Friday, June 10, 2011 · 5 CommentsThe Otavalo Cotton Shirt made in the Andes mountains of Ecuador is popular around the world. It’s been a tradition here for hundreds of years. For that reason it’s not a contemporary fashion statement, but wearing one you will be sporting a timeless style. South American Indigenous style. The traditional ...
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Chichicastenango – Pisac – San Telmo – Ipanema Hippie Fair
While the Otavalo Market is the largest craft market in South America, there are some other amazing destinations for craft and antique shopping adventures in Central and South America. These are Chichicastenango market in Guatemala, Pisac market in Peru, San Telmo in Argentina, and the Ipanema hippie fair in Brazil. ...
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Tigua Paintings
Thursday, June 2, 2011 · 1 CommentOf all the bright and colorful art spotted in the Otavalo market, the tigua paintings are undoubtedly the the brightest and most blazeingly full of color. These small canvases just scream color. Tigua is a folk art created in the Cotopaxi area of Ecuador, a group of small villages southwest ...
Wholesale Arts
We offer: Worldwide wholesale exports of Ecuadorian arts and crafts directly to your business. We live in Ecuador and work directly with local artists and producers. Fair trade, fair prices. The clothing, fabrics and art produced in Otavalo are made in family and community workshops. Our business is also family ...
Entrepreneurs
Otavaleños are famous for their textiles and business acumen. Producing textiles for export thoughout the northern Andes and travelling as merchants to distant markets has been the norm since ancient times.About
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