Pepé, Marta and their two children, Josecito and Abigail.
The most remarkable thing happened the other day. I was checking over a recent delivery of our handmade scarves with the ladies from San Pablo Etla, and as we were chatting, I commented to a woman in the group how one scarf in particular was embroidered in an especially beautiful, lyrical way, as if the chain stitched line of embroidery on the scarf were the trail of a butterfly.
Marta, one of the ladies there, looked down and giggled. She said no, it wasn’t her work but the work of her husband, Pepé, who is a mason. I was shocked and delighted as I had never heard of a man in the pueblo embroidering! She said he actually liked to do this to help earn money for the family and that in fact in addition to embroidering, he draws a lot of the designs on the scarves the ladies embroider! In his honor, we have named the new scarf the “Pepé”! 
Artist, traveler, and social entrepreneur, Adele Hammond divides her time between Hood River, Oregon and the home where her heart is, Oaxaca, Mexico. The raw texture and color of Mexico became a part of her life when a year abroad with her family in a small Zapotec pueblo outside the city of Oaxaca gradually evolved into an extraordinary five.
Adele blogs about the culture, the crafts, and the people of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico as well as her experiences in working with indigenous artisans there. Her travels take her down the back roads and into the workshops and homes of these people, where their diverse, ancient traditions and crafts are still being practiced today.
Her business, Latin Threads Trading, showcases and brings to a world market the work of these talented artisans while encouraging enterprise and empowering individuals to flourish independently and through their communities.
