The Project

Textiles are one of Guatemala's most valuable cultural assets and have been part of the Maya community’s identity and tradition for centuries. Textile Traditions | Future Fabrications is an international research project investigating the sustainable development of Guatemalan craft textiles and the potential for integrating digital technologies into artisanal business models, initiated by the researchers – Professor Katherine Townsend (Nottingham Trent University), Dr Anna Piper (Sheffield Hallam University) and Luciana Jabur (Friends of Ixchel Museum) – and The Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Clothing and Textiles in 2018. The research is supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Quality-Related funding, Nottingham Trent University.  

Through Textile Traditions | Future Fabrications, we share our ongoing research, our outputs and activities, and showcase the work of our collaborators - A Rum Fellow, Cojolya, Kakaw Designs, Mercado Global and Multicolores – and the textile artisans of Guatemala.