Laanií: fiesta blue

Laanií: fiesta blueSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Materials ans 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. Master Weaver: Santiago Mendez Martnez Design, patterns and symbols. My uncle Santiago decided to take some time with his weaving and experiment with a combination of shapes and colors that

He worked hard to improve his workshop's roof top and then saved up to take his wife on a holiday trip to the USA

It is no surprise that if you want to ask for a favour to someone we say

each direction has its own character and nature

the balance of our awareness between the spirit world

My grandfather used to say that on the earth we should walk the path of the warrior

snakes and diamons that represent constellations of the night sky swirling around the center of the galaxy

Zacatlaxcalli

Wherever he used to work in the fields is just built up and overtaken by the city

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

The eye of the feather snake represents the balance of the four types of awareness found in the human experience: Nahual (dreams

this pattern is colloquially called in our weaving community as shiísh

I believe we can leverage the positive potential of our current technologies if put to good use