by Kent | Aug 1, 2025 | Partner Trips, Projects, Tapestry Updates
August 2025 Travel Itinerary It turns out that carpets, especially those beautifully crafted tapestries of Persian or Asian origins, are not universally known. Many cultures, particularly those in warmer climates, don’t cover their floors or walls with textiles and...
by Kent | Jul 26, 2025 | Insights, Tapestry Updates, Thoughts
What Do You Do? The first question people ask, at least in the west, when meeting you tends to be, “What do you do?” While that may say a lot about who we are as a society, that’s not the topic of this post. Rather, it’s how hard that question is to answer! People...
by Kent | Jul 26, 2025 | Partner Trips, Projects, Tapestry Updates
Gakwende, Burundi: Orphanage The people of Gakwende, Burundi are working to find another way and live life differently as they overcome the physical challenges they face. I have a cousin with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a rare congenital condition which...
by Kent | Jul 25, 2025 | Partner Trips, Projects, Tapestry Updates
Kiremba, Burundi: Orphanage While it may not appear that way when you first hear of their story, these are very fortunate babies. These babies are the children of mothers who died as a result of giving them birth. Approximately 400 women of every 100,000 pregnancies...
by Kent | Jul 25, 2025 | Insights, Tapestry Updates, Thoughts
The Warp & the Weft: What’s in a Name? It turns out that carpets, especially those beautifully crafted tapestries of Persian or Asian origins, are not universally known. Many cultures, particularly those in warmer climates, don’t cover their floors or walls...
