The Denver Post LifeSTYLE: "Sew Business"

06
May
2010

There is a little spotlight on Dsenyo in the Lifestyle section of The Denver Post today (Thursday, May 6, 2010) just in time for the Studio Tour. Hope you can check it out!

"Marissa Perry Saints is a Lafayette-based artist and entrepreneur who recently acquired a 1907 treadle-operated sewing machine. In a high-tech, digitally driven world, she crafts handbags and accessories using century-old technology because the products are reproduced in central Africa by women whose homes have no electricity. Perry Saints started her company, Dsenyo, after spending a year living in Malawi 2006. She came back to Colorado with a mission to provide employment to women and artisans living in the impoverised African country... (read full article here)"

This weekend, you can come visit my studio and see Dsenyo's newest collection of bags featuring hand-painted textiles from Zambia.

EBCA 11th Annual Studio Tour
Sat and Sun, 12 - 5pm
May 8-9
My studio: 205 W. Emma St., Lafayette, CO

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Keep it up Marissa! Your

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 13:19.

Keep it up Marissa! Your designs get more beautiful each day. Hope you are well. xoxo Elkie

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Dsenyo (dee-SEN-yo) is giving a hand UP to women and artisans working their way out of poverty. Contemporary handbags, accessories and home decor celebrating African Textile design.

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About Dsenyo

Dsenyo is a social enterprise. We believe business is a powerful way to address social and economic problems. Countless challenges confront creative people in Malawi, Africa as they try to build their businesses, practice their craft & support their families.

After living in Malawi, artist Marissa Perry Saints founded Dsenyo to create opportunity for hard-working, African women and artisans. Dsenyo offers hand-crafted bags and accessories that celebrate African textile design. We follow Fair Trade principles working to create maximum benefit for the women, artisans & communities in which we work.