Diversification of craftsmanship elaborated in horizontal looms

Abstract

Applying the Industrial Design techniques and skills to benefit the community, it is presented a project called "Diversification of handcrafted products made by residents of El Guayabo, town of Marsella, department of Risaralda", place where typical products have representad an economic and cultural activity as important as agriculture since mid eighties, placing itself in both first places of the productive chain of the region. Through direct participative observation tcchniques, it permitted to establish the necessities to reactivate their products through the implementation of new materials and the optimization of the resources offered by traditional techniques.