Painter
He works slowly, often on one canvas for weeks, building the light in thin layers until the hills look the way they do just before the sun drops behind them. He sells what he can to the shops along Caritas Street; in a quiet season, a single sale can carry a household for a month.
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Printmaker
Every print is pulled by hand, so no two are quite the same. She numbers the good ones and keeps the rest for the children who come by the workshop.
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Crochet & embroidery
The older women teach the patterns their mothers used; the younger ones bring the colours. A large tatreez panel can take a month of evenings.
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Olive wood carver
The wood comes only from branches cut in the winter pruning — no tree is felled for it. Each piece follows the grain it was given, so the same figure never comes out twice.
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