Blog

Textiles, often referred to as “the book the colonizers couldn’t burn”, come from the Maya weaving tradition that reaches back well before coloniza...

Vanessa Elizabeth the witty and funny blogger behind Wander Onwards and self-describes as an "Indian-looking Mexican who speaks Spanish, German and...

"What happens when you learn to read between the lines of some [fair trade] labels and find their claims don’t stand up?" As consumers, we are c...

"My Ixkanul Messenger bag brings attention to the type of community I was raised in and allows me to continue to support those from a similar background as I carry on with my career."

August 9th is a day for the international community to rally behind the UN's Declaration of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. While every human bei...

Ariel and Ron of the blog We the Wildflowers were inspired by the design of their Utz Threads products but also by the transparency involved in their creation. Read more about what inspired them even as they traveled and worked as digital nomads in places far from Chichicastenango, Guatemala. You'll be inspired!

Vanessa from the blog Wander Onwards took our Ixkanul messenger bag with her as she worked as a digital nomad from some pretty amazing corners of the world and then wrote about how her Utz Threads messenger helped her live her best digital nomad life. Here's the result.

Last Sunday (June 3rd), the active volcano, “Fuego” outside of Antigua, Guatemala erupted sending a deadly combination of hot gases and volcanic ro...

Many tourists who come to Guatemala make it to the Chichicastenango textile market and experience it’s dizzying, all-consuming effect. It is a fea...