Guēæl: corn fields simple living

Guēæl: corn fields simple livingSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6x5ft Weaver: Jacinto Gutierrez Garca (grandson). Free world wide shipping. 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 design is inspired in the colors of the cornfields in autumn and depicts the energy lines of

in Oaxaca it happens on the 8th of May and August 5th

The outer frame is built with the warrior life cycle pattern that has nine segments of life each representing 13 years of life totalling 116 years that is related to the 117 days of Mercury's rotation around the sun

Our ancestral Benizaa lands go all the way to 3

Ruúr duúv (Agave frame)

It was during the colonial times that the word nahual got transgressed into a negative connotations describing evil shape shifters that cause damage and illness by transforming into scary animals

swims in cenotes and climbs up trees

perfect for grilling

Tune into the world of perception that lies beyond what we can see with our eyes

Weaver: Guillermina Pablo

This rug depicts the three sister seeds corn beans and squash that make the milpa food system

or Beni Guiea as we call them in Dixzaā language

Hand woven on a walking Zapotec loom of the 16th century style