Bealguieæ: the plumed serpent simple living

Bealguieæ: the plumed serpent simple livingSize: 200x300cm; 6. 5x10ft Weaver: Luis Lopez Bautista Price: $2,100USD 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 full version of the eye of Bealguie' (Eye of the Plumed Serpent); this pattern is colloquially called

The cycle of life pattern was woven as a frame for the rug

Size: 100x200cm

Imagine if we were all trained to achieve those states from a young age

the effects of smiling on the brain and health of individuals is well researched and documented by now

we carry on the stories they told us and as long as we remember them

they leave no threads untied

Materials ans methods: criollo sheep wool in its natural color for the background and hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes using an exhaustive method for the black

Other life cycle symbols represent the life of a warrior taking that inner journey of discovery to find a true face and true heart while facing our darkness

the early flowers from the Guaje trees have fallen

Materials: undyed hand spun wool from San Baltazar chichicapam

For our ancestors all life was energy and we could relate to matter in terms of energy awareness

the hand of the God itself