Would you dare to make a Pollera in Panama?

Francisco Rivas Ríos.

apronad@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/apronadpanama/

Develop a Pollera, the national costume of Panama, is complex and expensive. There are so many components that its construction can last up to eight months and cost between 7,000 and 10,000 dollars and more. The process, however, includes several participants: 1) the financier, with sufficient resources to hire the preparation of the Pollera either for personal use or for resale; 2) "shipowner" means any person who subcontracts various craft, hiring several of the components of the Pollera;3) the designer of the reasons that adorn the sides of the dress; and 4) the artisans who are outsourced, the true architects of the Pollera but remain anonymous, national or international awards garment they receive the "armadoras"(assembler dresses). Generally the funder and the assembler are the same person.

The artisans of the province of Los Santos have been organized in different associations. Initially their objectives have been making purchases of raw material (mainly textiles) collectively for better prices and promote the marketing of their products, to avoid intermediaries.

One such organization is the ARTISAN GROUP RURAL AGRICULTURAL TABLEÑO (GRAAT), located in the city of Las Tablas. This organization provides training on specialized techniques of textile crafts of Los Santos, Pollera components, including:

Pollera Montuna checked skirt, made with the original Mundillo

Education on the use of "Mundillo", a key component in making the Pollera

Teaching the art of making Tembleques.

 

Let's do it!

For more information:
Email: graat321@gmail.com
 
Contacts:
Homaira Córdoba
Mobile: +507 6733-1799
 
Davis Days
Mobile: +507 6202-3997

The best crafts of Panama

Francisco Rivas Ríos.

apronad@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/apronadpanama/

PROARTE is a company created by and for the artisans of Panama. We take care of orders of crafts, both in Panama and abroad. We have special offers from boutiques and considering quantity and price. For foreign companies, PROARTE use the "Exportafácil" system guaranteed by the Panamanian government.

The "mundillo" is a group of stuffed sticks intertwined threads, mounted on a bench and wheel ("mundillo") to create color lace. The wheel is where the sticks are placed, for the creation of the braid or lace, fastened by pins, which carries a fabric line to guide the lace and straight.

It is a modified version of the "mundillo" in Spain, which has passed from generation to generation. It is used in the costume of Panama (the Pollera), unlike other types of scene, not in this pattern is used to create.

PROARTE offered for sale suits and decorative fabrics in which the skirt materials such as lace, braid is constructed or used; ruffle yarn fabrics or Rami. Different techniques are used: You darned, puffs, talc shade, embroidered or marked.

PROARTE offers an extensive variety Typical Jewelry and Jewelry. It is an art that seeks to highlight the typical jewel indigenous women with roots in multicultural traditions of Panama. The materials used for this kind of art are the pearls of different colors and sizes, beads, brooches, buckles, top knots, and a few crappy wire cuts.

Those interested can communicate via email panama proarte@gmail.com.