I was reading this article over on the Creativelive blog and I just had to share it with you as I found it really inspiring. It is about an indie business owner, Amor Muñoz.
Mexican artist Amor Muñoz trained to be a lawyer, but her interest in art and social justice led her down a very different path. Rather than seeing Amor in the courtroom, you are more likely to find her working with Mayan women on the wearable tech initiative, Yuca_Tech or setting up a mini-factory with the Maquila Region 4 (MR4) project.
What is that? MR4 (pictured above) is a mobile factory for the manufacture of electronic-textile artworks. This nomadic workshop travels to poor areas of Mexico offering American minimum wage ($7.00 per hour, compared to $0.60 per hour in Mexico). People are hired to produce fully functional electronic circuits using conductive thread. Maquilas’ two main products, textiles and electronics, are mixed by the MR4 project, using sowing and embroidery which are common aptitudes among people in these marginal areas. The actual textile schematic circuits produced are alarms which ring with different tones when a proximity sensor is activated.
I think this is an inspiring story for all indie business owners and artists. Hop over to Creativelive to learn more: Embroidery, Knitting and the Craftivism of Amor Muñoz
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