Prof. Liliana Ceballos Ocaña

Textile designer managment in projects working with groups of artisans in different states from Mexico, the workshops are about teaching design principles and merchandising, in order to make textile collections or products using the traditional textile techniques of the areas with new and better materials so the artisans can sell them in shops and fairs and have better incomes.

I work on a project named "Entretejiendo voces" which is a sustainable and multidisciplinary brand in Mexico that aims to give tools to indigenous people living in communities or in the city , so they can use the natural resources in their community and not have to migrate.

Bedding collections design, select fabrics and colours according to trends, market and social level, the costumers were department stores in Mexico like Liverpool, Palacio de Hierro, Comercial mexicana, Homestore, bed bath&beyond. Also I had contact with international providers, mainly in India and China. I was in charge of data sheets to explain the designs to workers at the fabric.

FUNDECO is a organization that provides jobs opportunities to peasants, I was trainer in design of wool crochet poducts to peasant women so they can have extra incomes, I was in charge of products design and to manage the team in order to make the products.