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Country: |
Guatemala |
Region: |
Estanzuela |
City: |
Zacapa |
Address: |
1° calle 1-48 zona 4. Estanzuela, Zacapa. |
Telephone No.1: |
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Telephone No.2: |
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Contact: |
Cony Lemus |
Export: |
No |
Operating from: |
1977 |
Mission: |
Trabajar para dar a conocer nuestras artesanias a nivel internacional para que con esto se pueda lograr hacer de Guatemala un mejor pais. |
Vision: |
Hacer de nuestras artesanias un producto con reconocimiento altamente desarrollado tanto a nivel nacional como a nivel internacional. |
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Openwork and embroidery
And the openwork embroidery estanzuela, zacapa are more a demonstration of multiculturalism in our country, in addition to being a hands-on activity carried out by women entrepreneurs and with the ability to produce various garments and accessories for the home that lead impregnated different drawings , designs and applications.
Since time immemorial these crafts are being made in this beautiful town, tells the story according to a principle that such work was done using a needle instead of a thorn metal, which is done by the frayed, but this activity became a valuable and valued tradition which was transmitted from generation to generation through various activities that seek to promote our culture, in different social contexts, thus ensuring that other countries learn a little more about this region of east.
Basically these crafts are produced on linen and dacron and materials that are more conducive to realizing the frayed, it should be stressed that the whole process of manufacture is entirely by hand so that in addition to admire its beauty due craft and aesthetics should also admire the these people who have ability to do it. This is one of the main sources of employment are found mostly in the town of Estanzuela.
This is the first craft to prepare the canvas cloth in which they will work, and then select the design to be translated into the canvas already chosen the design process contnua and it is time to calarlo or frayed deshilarlo once was performed a seam in the form of equiz used to ensure that the threads that form the hollitos not get together, then also the rest of the embroidery design, then makes a stitch for stitch called eyelet that serves to assure the edges of that design, and finish it and give it a more aesthetic appearance he draws up a bank of crochet, it basically serves both for my beauty and presentation of the piece in question as to give the strongest arena of the seam. |
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Soaked and Unraveled
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