Rebecca, an artisans in Costa Rica, used a backstrap loom to handmake these beautiful tapestries! This technique is passed down among the Boruca people group, creating intricate and colorful designs exclusive to their tribe. Even the wooden dowel that the tapestry hangs on was whittled from the tree branches indigenous to their area!

 Dimensions hanging: 14in x 10 in

When you purchase from us, you are supporting our programs around the world that empower women to rise above the boundaries of isolation and illiteracy. Through your support, we are able to provide our artisans with access to education, fair trade job opportunities, and community.

Hands Producing Hope | Ethically sourced from Costa Rica

Hands Producing Hope is a non-profit that employees refugee women and our workshop is in Baton Rouge, LA! They focus on working with women who have a number of barriers preventing them from getting traditional employment (language barriers, degrees not transferring, childcare, transportation, etc). They provide a safe and welcoming space where we build community among the refugee women and the rest of our staff, helping the women come out of isolation and into community! They practice their English, learn artisan skills, have access to our clothing closet that we do 2+ times a year, and we try to help with individual needs as they arise!

HPH is partnered with families in three regions of the world. Their locations and situations are different but the commonalities are their lack of access to resources, they are in isolated communities, and they face discrimination. 

Rwanda: remote islands on Lake Kivu

Costa Rica: an indigenous reservation in the southern region 

Baton Rouge: refugee women isolated by language barriers and/or lack of transportation