Marek

La Hermandad: How We Produce Coffee

Here, my students would like to give you a basic overview of the various stages of coffee production on their semi-organic plantation …

Sometimes it’s a fine line in the comics classroom…

Here are twin nested Fibonacci spirals overlaid with a single blue spiral …

Some of the young artists we worked with during a recent visit to La Chispa library in Matagalpa:

One thing I love about the weather here in the mountains of Northern Nicaragua — it’s so open to interpretation.

A panoramic look at Matagalpa, from the mirador:

Whiteboard comics from afternoon refrigerio (snack time) at Ocalca …

They look like they’re tightly knotted, but if you look closely you’ll see that no two rings are linked with each other…

Drawing comics, in between nutritious snacks, a motivational (& preventative) visit from a country dentist, and more…

Artwork inspired by the lyrics of “Nicaragua Mia”, as drawn by students & brigadistas…

More comics for translation… and to facilitate the process, I’ve transcribed some of the handwriting:

Fotos from a recent Coffee Camp at Ocalca village: