We’re excited to share an inspiring dialogue with Maya Poon, our muse and a visionary in creative visual storytelling. Her work beautifully bridges the gap between ancient traditions and contemporary art, celebrating and preserving the essence of indigenous crafts. Maya’s journey through the world of art is a testament to how deeply personal experiences can weave together with cultural heritage to create something truly transformative.

Crafting Stories
How does your work as a creative visual storyteller allow you to honor and preserve indigenous crafts and cultures?

Stories are the way we preserve memories. It is essential and so important to tell the stories of indigenous cultures and their ancestral craft in today’s world, using mediums that everyone can understand and have access to. By telling their stories, we help them promote and prolong the life of their art, which carries not only beauty but important ancient wisdom.

Cultural Immersion
Can you share a memorable experience from your travels where you connected deeply with a craft or artisan community?

I often feel most at home when I find myself in isolated indigenous artisan communities. The artisans and their families are so warm, friendly and gentle. A memorable experience would be during my time in Kachchh, when I found myself in a isolated Pathan village without water nor electricity, they lived in earth huts in the desert. I was wearing a beaded bracelet from the Huichols of Mexico which are also an isolated desert tribe. The bracelet had special symbols of the sun and cosmo. Upon arriving, the ladies of the village all gathered and told us, without choice, that the bracelet was from their region because of the technique and symbols. It was then I realized that when we weave channeling the cosmos and the stars, we will all weave the same, as we all live under the same sky and are all connected within our deepest selves.