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9/18-9/25: Free bracelet + additional 10% of all sales will be donated to artisans
9/18-9/25: Free bracelet + additional 10% of all sales will be donated to artisans
AMOR works with artisans skilled in ancient Maya weaving techniques to give you fashionable handmade products with cultural heritage.
The artisans of AMOR are extraordinarily talented, low-income women living in Chiapas, Mexico.
We hope to solve two social problems they face. First, work is only seasonal and dependent on tourism. Second, due to these meager seasonal earnings, the next generation of artisans is abandoning their cultural arts for often dangerous work that takes them far away from their homes. This results in the loss of culturally significant techniques and great personal risk for each artisan.
To tackle these issues, every sale at AMOR supports artisan women with steady local employment. With AMOR, they can work from the safety of their homes and not worry about when or where they can sell their wares. We pay upfront because their financial security comes first. We hope to preserve their arts and create a brighter, safer future for their families and culture.
CONCEPT
AMOR Handmade is modern style inspired by Mexican handmade arts. Some of the techniques used to create our products originated thousands of years ago with the Maya civilization. This connection can be evidenced in the language our artisans speak, "Tsotsil", a dialect of the Maya language. We fell in love with their vibrant, mesmerizing designs and we felt that the world needed to be introduced to these humble artisans. We created AMOR to share their work on the global stage and integrate their designs into our lives. We hope you'll fall in love just as we did ❤️
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The modest craftswomen that work with us speak with their hands. Their techniques are know-how handed down from mother to daughter generation after generation. Unfortunately, the bulk of their sales comes from the tourist market, which favors bargaining and low prices. In the end, their earnings put them well below the poverty line. For this reason, we pay the artisans their asking price or better upfront so they can earn a livable wage. We must respect their talents if we wish to preserve their arts for future generations. We set fair prices for the customer (prices we ourselves would pay), so there is equality at each end of the supply chain. We hope that AMOR can grow into a happy, healthy ecosystem that benefits each participating member. Let's work together to make a more caring and collaborative world.
