Bacaal xhnià: red dreams eye of the feather serpent

Bacaal xhnià: red dreams eye of the feather serpentSize: 9x12ft; 274x365cm Weaver: Toms Lazo Hiplito Price: 2,480USD (varies with exchange rate) Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed by Leonor Lazo and Samuel Bautista with b (Cochineal) in different shades and hues. 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. These shades of red represent all these streams of blood that

Weaver: Gutierrez family workshop

and henequen--all dyed with natural dyes

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when she was a young child her parents died and because she was very poor she and her sister would forage edible wild plants in the forest to feed themselves

Agaves provide nutricious food in the form of syrups

the word for sister is Bealaā

The times we are living on the earth call for great action to change our Ecocidal behaviour to restorative actions that balance our relationship with the life support systems of the earth

beans and pumpkin) are woven into a diamond pattern that comes from the skin of the rattle snake

a flower is ancient sunlight blossoming on earth

What if we don't really live here in this world but we wake up to a mortal dream

Even to say cheers

We use this understanding to carry on the #temazcal #healing ritual and architecture in which the four elements dance to create the steam that will transfer that plants medicine into our bodies