I first met Gil Williams sometime in the early 1990’s upon my return to St. Louis after my first trip to Asia. And upon entering his MacroSun store, I was instantly transported back to Asia due to the melodious music playing, the smell of incense, and all the lovely products on display. I knew I...

When I first discovered MacroSun on Euclid in the Central West End, I was completely enchanted. A real Alladin's Cave of treasures, I'd assumed it had been there forever. Stunning silks, carved wood totems, the wealth of myriad cultures all lovingly displayed for my convenience. It was like an...

The handmade paper used in making this stationery is both fair trade and...

Borneo is one of the largest and most mysterious islands in the world. It has dense, often impenetrable forests and jungles, abounding with wildlife, many species of which are not found anywhere else in the world. Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian part of Borneo, the southern two-thirds of...

The kris is a special type of dagger, wavy or straight bladed, painstakingly worked and hammered from meteor metal. Originating in central Java around the...

Our Tibetan prayer wheels Prayer flags draped on Swayambhunath Stupa, Nepalare made from...

The art of the thanka and the paubha is inseparable from the spiritual background of Tantric Buddhism. Tantric (or Vajrayana) Buddhism emphasizes understanding humanity's true nature and embracing compassion through symbols, mantras, and...

Time in India was intensely pushed, but made great new contact and friend, Deepak, to help sort out the shipping and some of the markets; settled an old score fairly and favorably with an agent in Delhi who delivered damaged...

Namaste!  I’m presently in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal – a land known for the Himalayas and Mount Everest, ancient temples and as the birthplace of Buddha, and most recently for political turbulence with Maoist insurgents...
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MacroSun works with hundreds of different individual artists, craftspeople, families, co-ops, etc.  I have chosen a few to give a general sense of who we work with.

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