Las Rancheritas is a rug hooking cooperative in a rural village high in the mountains of central Mexico. Their folk art designs are of the life around them: chickens, pigs, mountains, cactus, farming and whatever their imagination creates. The wool used to make their rugs is donated from rug hooking groups throughout the USA and Canada. Sales from the rugs are contributing to a higher standard of living in this subsistence farming community.
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| Las Rancheritas, a rug-hooking cooperative from Central Mexico. |
Mission: To provide funds to a financially disadvantaged community and promote self esteem through development of a craft.
Location: Agustin Gonzales, Guanajuato, Mexico
Online shop: Las Rancheritas
Blog: http://lasrancheritas.posterous.com/
Memberships: Association of Traditional Hooking Artists
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
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| Hooked Rug by Las Rancheritas "The Mending is Very Heavy" |
Tags: hooked rugs, primitive hooked rugs, rural Mexican craft cooperative, folk art, economic development, fair trade, recycled, eco
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-Henry David Thoreau
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