The artisans and towns featured in Woven Lives are from the Central Valleys and the Sierras surrounding the city of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Click on a "contact" link below for details about individual artisans and their businesses, including telephone numbers. (Detailed information about how to call numbers in Mexico from other countries is provided at the bottom of this page.)

• Santa Ana Del Valle
• Wool Rug Weaving and Natural Dyes
  • Primo Aquino Cruz (contact)
  • Elvira Ortíz García (contact)
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  San Bartolo Coyotepec
• Cochineal Farm
  • Manuel Loera (contact)
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  Santo Tómas Jalieza
• Backstrap Weaving, Fine Cotton Thread
  • Abigail Mendoza Antonio (contact)
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  San Pedro Cajonos
• Silk Cultivation, Hand Spinning, Natural Dyes, Backstrap Loom
• Moises Martinez Valesco (contact)
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  San Miguel Cajonos
• Silk Cultivation, Hand and Machine Spinning, Natural Dyes, Backstrap and Floor Loom
• Bienhi Cooperative (contact)
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  Teotitlán del Valle
• Wool Rug Weaving, Natural Dyeing, Large Scale dyeing
• Federico Chavez Sosa (contact)
• Bii Dauu Cooperative (http://www.biidauu.com.mx/ ) (contact)
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  Mitla
• Fly Shuttle Weaving, Lightweight Cotton
  • Rodrigo Hernandez Quero (contact)
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  City of Oaxaca
• Museo Textil de Oaxaca (contact)
• El Nahual (Erasto “Tito” Mendoza) (contact)
• Tienda Q (contact)
• Black Box (contact)
• Los Baules de Juana Cata (Remigio Mestas Revilla) (contact)
• Instituto Oaxaqueño Artesenias (Audifred Bustamante)
• Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (institutodeartesgraficasdeoaxaca.blogspot.com/)

Calling land lines in Mexico

• From within Mexico but outside of Oaxaca, dial the Oaxaca area code of 951 and then the number: (951) xxx-xxxx.
• From outside Mexico, first dial the code to exit your country (011 from the United States; 00 from Europe and South America), then Mexico's country code (52), and finally the area code and number. For example, from the United States the complete number would be 011-52-951-xxx-xxxx.

Calling cell phones in Mexico

• From within Mexico but outside of Oaxaca, dial 044 to reach a cell phone, then the Oaxaca area code of 951, and then the number: 044-951-xxx-xxxx.
• From outside Mexico, first dial the code to exit your country (011 from the United States; 00 from Europe and South America), then Mexico's country code (52), and finally the area code and number. For example, from the United States the complete number would be 011-52-951-xxx-xxxx.