Meet the Artisans

Friendship Bridge client since 2009; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 María comes from the community of Caserío Santa María El Tablón in the department of Sololá. Her...

Friendship Bridge client since 2012; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018. Ruth is a K’iche Maya woman from Pamezabel, a rural community in Sololá. One of nine siblings,...

Friendship Bridge client since 2003; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018. Santos is a resident of Caserio Chuacruz, Sector Cipresales. One of seven children, she only had the...

Friendship Bridge client since 2008; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 The daughter of a day laborer and a housewife, Macaela attended school through second grade. Her father...

Friendship Bridge client since 2010; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2016 Martina was one of seven born and raised in Chichicastenango. A Maya K’iche child, she was in...

Friendship Bridge client since 2014; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2016 Elena, a Tz'utujil Maya woman, lives in the western highlands of Guatemala, on the outskirts of San...

Friendship Bridge client since 2005; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2019 Candelaria grew up in the small town of Peña Blanca in the department of Sololá. The fourth...

Friendship Bridge client since 2007; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 Antonia hails from San Jorge La Laguna, one of the smallest villages in the department of Sololá....

Friendship Bridge client since 2012; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2021 A Maya T'zutujil woman, Manuela grew up with a father who worked as a day laborer and...

Friendship Bridge client since 2006; part of Handmade by Friendship Bridge® since 2018 Lidia grew up in the rural community of Cipresales, in a family of 11 children (second born)....

Angelina learned artisan techniques as a girl by watching other women artisans in her community. She learned quickly, and by the time she was 14, she knew how to make...