Xiguiea - Teotitlan del Valle arearugs

Xiguiea - Teotitlan del Valle arearugsSize: 2x3m; 6. 5x10ft Criollo sheep wool dyed with Anilines woven by Jos Len, a young weaver who embarked on weaving large rugs early on and is moving towards weaving more intricate designs. He showed up to our house yesterday offering his latest creation at a discounted price because business is low, I told him I might be able to sell his rug online so here it is! Support our young weavers and buy native made rugs, not IKEA's rugs that steal our

Weaver: Tomás Lazo Hipólito

Frida started to teach an art class in La escuela La esmeralda in Mexico city

everyone relied on this way of perception much more than we do

In our language

If you live in the USA you should start referring to the continent as #TurtleIsland or any other native name for the continent

The so called middle age crisis is inherent to this stage

This rug depicts the sacred mountain range around the central valley of Oaxaca that creates the microclimate that makes life possible and the cultivation of corn a way of life

Xiuhquilitl (indigofera sufforticosa) for blue

Size: 60x96cm

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

the goddess Cipactli was pulled by the brothers Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca to make the earth and the sky and in order to keep them from collapsing again they planted four trees in each corner of the world with a central tree in the middle

The smile pattern is woven in a wavy pattern like the rivers