Gueuu dùush: big river homedecorSize: 150x254cm 5x8. 3ft Weaver: Lazo Hiplito family Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes using an exhaustive method. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed. Design patterns and symbols: this rug depicts the water pattern, the ace of elements. The word for water in Zapotec is "Nis" this is the root word used for many other
Weaver: Nereo Gutierrez
just like the snake like lightning storms that prelude the big rains
Materials and methods: Agave fiber hand dyed with Black Sapote ( Diospyros nigra)
In Benizaa culture we have also have a Ceiba species of tree from which our spirit is tethered to in the sky before we are born and under which we are buried to start our journey back to the sky after our mortal dream
Quetzalcoatl was wandering in the desert doing a pilgrimage to a Tollán (sacred site)
the four types of awareness possible in the human experience: tonal (sound
So now it is looking for a new home
We know that laughing and smiling are the basic ingredient for all healing
There is a river pattern woven with indigo dyes at the foot hill fo the Sacred Mountain Lliea Beats (rocky brother mountain) known in spanish just a Picacho (little peak)
Weaver: Perfecto Bautista Martinez
Master Weaver: María Mendoza Contreras
By purchasing this rug you will be supporting my cousin Justino and his fiancée who are in a legal battle to defend their backyard from being taken away by an out of town person who married into our family and now is selling the land to someone else
