Early in the summer of 2017, I was contacted by Aid to Artisans about a potential project to weave in Guyana. I had several discussions with the founder of the project, Alice Layton, who has helped to create an outpost research center in Yapakuri. The project centered on various craft skills of the Makushi people that are used for making necessary objects for farming, making food, and living. We developed traditional weaving-plaiting techniques to make woven decorative mats for inserting into kitchen cabinet frames made by Ikea. It was a wonderful project, and the Amerindians are beautiful, thoughtful, and industrious people.
Mokru plants are coppiced, processed, stripped, sized, and dyed. Layout boards are used to size panel weavings with authentic designs.
