Ancient techniques used include encaustic, chasing and repousse, tapestry crochet and mokume gane.
TTU Craft Center faculty members who will be a part of the exhibit are Vince Pitelka and Carol Ventura. A number of the artists exhibiting have received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright Scholarships and Smithsonian Fellowships to study and preserve the cultural knowledge of these disappearing techniques. Others learned traditions from family members passing down their skills through generations. Ventura will exhibiting pieces of tapestry crochet in which two or more yarns are worked at the same time with a crochet hook. While tapestry crochet is found in many parts of the world, it is commonly used in Guatemala to create brightly colored bags in bold, geometric patterns.