Working together
We believe that dialogue and the exchange of ideas enriches everything. We collaborate with a team of talented people from all over Oaxaca, Chiapas, Italy and the United States.
TEAM PROFILES
Maddalena Forcella | Co-Founder
Cira | Studio Administrator
Damaris | Studio Assistant
Damaris works in the studio doing sewing, embroidery and crochet. Her expert embroidery skills has led her to be sought out by many artists with whom she has collaborated.
Lorena | Madda Studio Dye Assistant
Gilberto | Madda Studio Master Weaver
Gilberto was trained as a weaver in the Kun Kun civil association of which Maddalena was co-founder in 1995 in San Cristóbal de las Casas. After studying a career in law he decided that what he wanted was to continue weaving and is now a recognized master weaver.
Bonifacio | Madda Studio Weaver
Weaver in Tlahuitolpetec. In 1997 through a school exchange he resides for a year in San Cristobal de Las Casas to learn the craft of weaving and as a student of Maddalena in textile design and natural dyes. Now he owns a textile workshop with several employees in Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca.
Diego | Madda Studio Weaver
Rosa | Chamula Community Liaison & Interpreter
Translator to the groups of women spinners in Chiapas
El Camino de los Altos, San Cristóbal de las Casas (Chiapas), Chamula | Wool Spinners
Marie Farneth | Co-Founder
Ellen Elmore, Fractional CFO - Ellen Elmore LLC
Ellen began her holistic CFO firm while living in Oaxaca, Mexico. She is passionate about supporting female-owned purpose-driven businesses, like Madda Studio, and is inspired by the impact that Madda Studio is making in Mexico while sharing fine design and traditional craftsmanship with the world.
Diana | Studio Assistant
Diana has been working with Maddalena since 2011. Together they began to experiment with the technique of felt and nuno. Now she is the one in charge of working the projects of nuno felting either in the studio where together with Maddalena she carries out the experimentation for new projects or in her house in San Agustin Etla, where she has installed her workshop and when the production requires, involves her sister and her husband to help her.
Olga | Madda Studio Weaver
Aurelio | Apprentice Weaver
Jerónimo | Madda Studio Master Weaver
Weaver in Teotitlan del Valle and expert tapestry weaver.
Giorgia | Madda Studio Muse
Epalchén (Chiapas), Chamula | Wool Spinners
Takashi | Madda Studio Business Advisor, Photographer
Takashi Fukuda was initially engaged to photograph and document the extraordinary process, craft and products of Madda Studio. Through that initial exposure, he has developed a deeper interest in the Studio’s operation, mission and growth by providing business and operational guidance. As a photographer and ceramicist himself, he believes in the critical importance of sustaining traditional craft, but also understands the practical necessity to operate a sustainable business. Takashi is a business and operations consultant for the architectural design community. He is thrilled to be a small part of this collective group and contribute to its growth and success.
Monica Moreno | Studio Manager
Laura Loáiciga | Digital Marketing & Communications Manager
Maribel | Madda Studio Dye Assistant
Josefina | Madda Studio Stitcher
Josefina joins the rugs together
Toribio | Madda Studio Weaver
Antonio | Madda Studio Weaver
Weaver in Teotitlan del Valle
Caterina Zumerle | Madda Studio Intern
Luis | Madda Studio Anthropologist
Luis has over 30 years working with indigenous people in Chiapas in community development. His work focuses on the recognition of the Craft in the Highlands of Chiapas Region. In addition, he studies the viability of the livestock and agricultural production on the basis of its socio-economic relation. He coordinates the three groups of wool spinners we work with in the Highland of Chiapas.