Guciuú: lightning medicine rug

Guciuú: lightning medicine rugSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6'x5' Weaver: Francisca Hiplito Price: 420USD Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed by Leonor Lazo and Samuel Bautista with naturaldyes: Xiuhquilitl (indigo). 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 desgin depicts the cosmic snake that descends from the skyworld in the form

fire brings the beauty of flowers (sunlight's energy)

Woven using a 16 threads per inch reed and cotton threads for the warp

represents the balance of the four types of awareness found in the human body

Materials and methods:  Agave fiber hand dyed with Black Sapote ( Diospyros nigra)

Ironically

the word for sister is Bealaā

Guií Baà

This rug has a frame made of agave plants

Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed and a hemp warp

In our Benizaa tradition we talk about the flowered snake that carries knowledge

Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool dyed with natural dyes: Beè (Dactylopius coccus Costa

they shiled us from cold fronts and hurricanes and provide a nest for us to build our communities