Conciencia Zapoteca: shcarliin benzaa tapestry

Conciencia Zapoteca: shcarliin benzaa tapestrySize: 60x200cm; 2x6. 5ft Materials and methods: Criollo sheep wool spun at the mills of Tianguistengo hand dyed in an exhaustive aniline dye bath for colorfastness. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp. Weaver: Adela Gonzlez Hiplito Design, pattern and symbols. This rug starts with stripes of the smile pattern, this teeth like symbol

This day and age calls for the great rebalancing of many aspects in the human society to find our true place in the web of life and the cycles of the cosmos

I cannot imagine all the pain she went through when she had her intestines blocked twice

Itzpapalotl was prayed to during childbirth

This rug was designed by Francisca Hipólito and Pedro Mendoza based on the traditional water pattern woven in sets of two passings of the shuttle for each color

and balls of incense

Justino and Belen usually weave intricate and collectible rugs but we decided to make a batch that don't require so much of an investment to make in hopes that they sell faster

Tejedor / Weaver: Luis Mendoza

Some life cycle symbols have five segments representing a spirit that reached around 65 years of maturity

Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool and fine merino wool hand dyed with natural dyes: Bèé (Cochineal)

Using these three essential dye colors we could replicate the colors of the sunrise and the sunset

Before street lighting was deployed in our village

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