Rescued from child labor: One girl’s story

by Tracy Davis on December 7, 2011

Chhamu one is one of the many children rescued from slavery and currently receiving an education through the efforts of the GoodWeave organization. Read her story here.

With every purchase from Guildcraft Carpets, you help to make this work possible!  Thank you for your support.

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Kicking off the weekend with a special sale

by Tracy Davis on November 24, 2011

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Happy Thanksgiving to our American customers!

Our online gallery/shop is now open for business.   We’ll be making an official announcement to our email list shortly; blog readers get advance notice of our Grand Opening/Cyber Monday special:

20% off all orders until 11:59p on Monday, Nov. 28!

Shop now.

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New online gallery coming soon…

by Guildcraft Carpets on October 19, 2011

We’ve been busily working away on our new e-commerce site. Watch this space, we’ll announce its debut Real Soon Now.

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Producing carpets in India – Goodweave feature

by Tracy Davis on June 3, 2011

Goodweave-spotlight Goodweave’s Spring 2011 newsletter features a “Spotlight on India”, highlighting  the efforts to fight illegal child labor in that country.  All of our stock collections (and most of our carpets, period) are produced in India – by adult artisans, of course.

Read the newsletter online here.

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Real-time tweets from the Arts & Crafts Conference

by Tracy Davis on February 19, 2011

I made it! Dani and Joe drove down during the week and set up our exhibition booth and took care of all the grunt work. (Thanks, you two!) I came in late yesterday, only in time to catch the last hour of the show.

Goodweaving woolI’m tweeting from the conference and show this weekend using the hashtag #gpi11. I hope to be able to walk around a bit and share photos of things that catch my eye.

Watch the stream on the sidebar here, or follow us on Twitter.

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Gearing up for the 24th Annual Arts & Crafts Conference

January 27, 2011

For us, 2011 is brimming with events and opportunities. Two weeks ago we attended the International Area Rug Market in Atlanta to visit old friends and renew some acquaintances, as well as see what’s new in the hand-knotted rug market. Now we’re busy preparing to exhibit at the premier event for Arts & Crafts Movement [...]

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Autumn and the Arts & Crafts Movement

October 3, 2010

Maybe it’s the affinity for fall colors, but September and October are usually prime months for Arts & Crafts movement events, and this year is no exception. Useful and Beautiful: The Transatlantic Arts of William Morris & the Pre-Raphaelites ~ Conference & multiple exhibitions ~ Oct. 7-9 in Delaware 19th annual Craftsman Weekend, Pasadena Heritage,  [...]

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