The Hatana project, a Kichwa word meaning “mantle,” seeks to learn about and share the experiences and realities of the textile crafts existing within the Kichwa communities of Cotacachi.
It makes visible the hands that create, live, and have passed down their skills through generations.

The project proposes the challenge of creating a textile map that is read with the senses, traveling through threads, fibers, looms, and memory, each with its own language and territory.
Behind these threads are artisans, “taitas and mamas,” who inherit, teach, and resist. They are the map.

We believe in a living map woven like a mantle day by day with patience and rigor. We believe in the hands and textile crafts that make this territory a living geography rich in heritage.