Mezcal ceremony ritual rug

Mezcal ceremony ritual rugSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Materials ans methods: criollo sheep wool dyed with aniline dyes. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed. Weaver: Guillermina Pablo Patterns and symbols: the center motif is the eye of the feathered snake with a chain link of butterflies of wisdom. The frame of agaves, our spiritual drink, makes a diamond shape to represent the window to the

I have noted before how the Dixzaa word for flower Guieea starts with the root word Guii

I have been playing with this idea since 2007 before I left to study for my PhD in Sustainable Manufacturing

has very early evidence of a calendar system in the Zapotec culture that spread throughout the Anahuacan part of the continent (North America)

dreams and emotions through stories

intuition)

and now that the rain has fallen and been transformed into kernels we call it something very similar to water

the sisterhood of wisdom and medicine keepers

cochineal) and Xiuhquilitl (indigofera suffroticosa)

It just so happens that the synodic period of Venus (584 days) relates to the orbital period of the earth (365 days) in a relatively simple ratio of 5:8

May this time of #covid19 and #slowingdown bring much needed #introspection into what is important in our #lives

Patterns and symbols: The eight pointed star represents Venus

only to go back and return to the earth