Artisans showcase their craftsmanship and creativity
Rosita Vazquez weaves a tablecloth on her waist loom at her home, where she works and sells her handicrafts in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Marissa Revilla,
GPJ
Mexico
Dulguun Amgalanbaatar, left, and Oyu-Erdene Battumur embroider patterns on cloth during lunchtime at a park in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia. They enjoy knitting and sewing together in their spare time.
Khorloo Khukhnokhoi,
GPJ
Mongolia
Jackson Odema, right, and his brother Gilbert Odongo construct a foldable wooden clothes hanger in Kibuye, Kampala, Uganda.
Edna Namara,
GPJ
Uganda
Elvis Chungu creates a swing chair out of reeds at a workshop on Kafue Road in Lusaka, Zambia. Chungu learned the trade from his late father.
Prudence Phiri,
GPJ
Zambia
Lucien Domingue designs handcrafted jewelry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Anne Myriam Bolivar,
GPJ
Haiti
Apeksha Sunuwar, right, assembles a cane bamboo chair, or Mudha, while her grandfather Man Bahadur Sunuwar prepares materials in Mechinagar, Jhapa district, Nepal.
Mayamitu Neupane,
GPJ
Nepal
Ndinani Govhana splits reeds to weave wares such as baskets, vegetable racks and chairs at an open space in Harare, Zimbabwe. He has been in the trade for over 10 years and sells his products mostly to motorists.
John Muwanguzi, center, weaves a white table out of papyrus in Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda.
Apophia Agiresaasi,
GPJ
Uganda
Nishanthan Shobana assembles decorative rings using banana tree fiber in Kannaddy, Sri Lanka. Shobana says the country’s economic crisis didn’t affect her because she uses locally available raw materials.
Pride Kachepa smoothes the edge of a tombstone in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Kachepa says orders are plentiful from June through mid-August, as many families put tombstones on relatives' graves for Heroes' Day.
Evidence Chenjerai,
GPJ
Zimbabwe
Ram Bahadur Kami hardens a sickle in his home foundry in Birendranagar, Surkhet district, Nepal. Since he lost his legs in 2008 while working as a house builder, he has earned a living from this profession.
Chandani Kathayat,
GPJ
Nepal
Tiburcio Simbrón displays handcrafted palm bags at his stall in Mexico City that sells old and rare books.
Aline Suárez del Real,
GPJ
Mexico
Fortunate Tusasirwe crochets a rug on Bukoto Street, Kampala, Uganda.
Beatrice Lamwaka,
GPJ
Uganda
Guadalupe Payán, right, takes down clothes for a customer at an artisan and gastronomy bazaar called Rarámuri Sekara (handmade in Rarámuri) in the Rarámuri community in Chihuahua, Mexico.