Shi seedigaak lougueshliuú: vissions for the earth blue

Shi seedigaak lougueshliuú: vissions for the earth blueSize: 60x96cm; 2x3ft Weaver: Samuel Bautista Lazo Materials and methods: woven using natural and aniline dyed wool left over from student classes and other projects. Hand woven on a Zapotec walking loom of the XVI century style using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp. Design, patterns and symbols. This rug starts with traditional patterns such the smile pattern that reminds us that laughing and smiling is the source of true

As a gesture Quetzalcoatl lifted the rabbitt high into the sky before sacrificing it so high that its shape got imprinted onto the moon

The design is inpired on the legend of Crescencio a Nahual who live in our village in the 1900's during the time of the Mexican revolution

patterns and symbols:  This design is a red gradation inspired in the sunsets observed in Punta Cometa

Her family's basketry work has been featured in The Smithsonian Museum

We are happy to help put their work out there in the internet

she buys our corn or we just barter for her excellent tortillas

An average human eye can see about one million colours

we also inherit stories and teachings (intangible)

Woven by Juán González

scholars say that it might be due to the fact that we populated the world following coastlines

Size:60x100cm

we make milpa with corn