Brand Values

• Collaboration: Five | Six started as a collaboration with the craftspeople and we continue to collaborate with global cultural institutions, designers, and other organizations. We believe that better and more interesting results come from a process rooted in co-creation and co-production.

• Cultural Humility: Five | Six believes that we can learn as much from other cultures as they can from ours by engaging with openness and equanimity.

• Craftsmanship: Five | Six believes that craftsmanship is about intentionality. A skill that is built and sustained through generations.

• Recognition: Five | Six believes in recognizing handwoven textiles as art and those who originated the designs as artists.

• Progress: Five | Six recognizes the role the past has to play in the future. We believe that preservation is not static and it’s important for craftspeople to have support to grow as artists so that weaving is a viable profession.

• Commitment: Five | Six is a commitment to Waraniéné to support them in ways that they want to be supported and a commitment to the artistic practice itself.