Awards

• Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Multicultural) 2017

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""Nothing like this exists in Mexico or the world. It is a jewel of a textile registry, but done artistically, with sensitivity, with ingenuity, and with love."" - Ana Paula Fuentes, founding Director, Museo Textil de Oaxaca ""Oaxaca Studies in Cloth is an exquisitely beautiful account of a people and a textile tradition that is the perfect expression of their past, the embodiment of their present, and the symbol of their cultural survival as they chart their way forward, A great and glorious book."" - Wade David, Author, photographer, National Geographic Explorer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia ""All real beauty comes from the grief we feel for the loss of what we love. oaxaca Stories in Cloth, is undeniably one of the most beautiful books of its species. A book of grief, beauty, and hope."" - Martín Prechtel, Painter, musician, educator, and author of The Smell of Rain on Dust, Grief and Praise, and Secrets of the Talking Jaguar

Nothing like this exists in Mexico or the world. It is a jewel of a textile registry, but done artistically, with sensitivity, with ingenuity, and with love. Ana Paula Fuentes, founding Director, Museo Textil de Oaxaca

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Eric Mindling has lived and worked in Oaxaca, Mexico, since 1992. He operates a tour company, Traditions Mexico, offering culturally intimate experiences for adventurous travellers. His 2010 book, Fire and Clay, a pioneering book about Oaxacan pottery, has been published in three languages. Eric was recognised in 2015 for his photography, taking an award with London-based, Survival International, as well as being a finalist in the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Aspen Institute.

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