Sun sets over the Pacific, from Maitencillo
the other side of the Pacific, rolling in fog
Cochejullo made from seaweed and potatoes - a standard Chilean comfort food
The seaweed on sale at the Vega market in Santiago
Cybersyn - an early version of the Internet invented for the Allende government in early 1970s
A woman from Rari who is lonely for company so weaves with horsehair (crin) on the streets of Santiago
Ticio Escobar at the launch of the new edition of his classic text, El mito del arte y el mito del pueblo
Mapuche journalist Elias Pailan (on far right above) with the family and crew from Radio Tierra, a station for broadcasting Mapuche news and issues
Roser Bru, Paola Moreno, Eduardo Artino and Anna-Maria Rojas
Discussing the repair of her work
Carefully inspecting the restoration
Barbara Palomino, Paola Moreno and Macarena Crisostomo plotting a revolutionary new craft magazine for Chile
The textiles workshop at Universidad de Chile
The jewellery workshop at the Universidad de Chile
The McDonalds next to University of Chlie has metal grills on the windows and armed police permanently stationed outside -- it's a popular place with students, obviously.
South America as a fist to the world
There's always a sleeping dog somewhere in Santiago
A student project at Universidad de Chile to feed all the sleeping dogs -- quite a utopian project
Images of the perfumed ceramics made by the nuns of Talagante from an exhibition at the Artesanias de Chile. The recipe for the perfumed clay has been lost, but there are attempts now to rediscover it.
Ondina is teaching one of students how to spin. The urbanised students from Valparaiso seem mesmerised by the material culture of the reigon.
Patty Gunther talking with Ondina de Carmen, a weaver from La Ligua who has used wool from Guanacas most of her life, but this is the first time she has actually seen the animals in real life.
One of the thousands of backyard looms in Valle Hermosa, a region of Le Ligua
Prefer local products attached with this stamp!
Open, but out to siesta
Patty Gunther and project manager Claudia Caytak outside one of La Ligua's famous sweet shops
Students from the School of Design in Valparaiso present their story about Chile as a country of the south, where all is transformed...
