Macuilxochitl: five petal flower handwovenSize: 152x240 Weaver: weaver from Taller 8. Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with high quality colorfast aniline dyes in an exhautive bath. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and wool rayon blend for warp. Design, patterns and symbols. This is a contemporary representation of the quincunce pattern, known is spanish as the five pointed cross, in
words associated with "left" (rubeæz) are jaguar
Suffice it to put as an example the dance of the Eagle performed by the dancers of Papantla
hare and many other species
Materials and methods: Criollo sheep wool spun at the mills of Tianguistengo hand dyed by Justino Mendoza using natural dyes: Béé (Dactylopius Coccus)
touching him lightly on the arm
These seeds are exchanged and traded in our local markets thus trading becomes a sacred ritual where we exchange the fruits of our labour and the precious gifts of the gods that we keep in our lands
Maria and her son Justino rediscovered the ancient art of weaving using agave fibers
we call for more balance in our view of life and lets strive to maintian the balance that will keep sustaining life on this planet for all living beings
The patterns of nature that we learn in the day time will serve us as guides to navigate the ephimeral and non linearity of the spirit world
We will measure when it is finished
At the beginning and ending of the rug we can see a stripe of the life and death cycle symbol
Then a mountain pattern
