Guií baà: the cradle of fire (sky) artsySize: 130x200cm Weaver: Omar Mendoza 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. Design patterns and symbols. This rug is inspired in the colors of Abuelo fuego (grandfather fire) as reverenced by the Wixrika people. Our word for sky, Gui Ba, can be understood as the
This rug depicts that cosmical cross of creation as seen in our calendar and this cross is surrounded by the diamond shape that represents the balance of the four directions of the universe
Yauhtli (Tagetes Lucida) and Xiuhquilitl (indigo
The other principle is to walk on earth leaving no footprints behind (environmental impact)
This day and age calls for the great rebalancing of many aspects in the human society to find our true place in the web of life and the cycles of the cosmos
then in the afternoon as it cools of the clouds return usually loaded with rain during the rainy season
there are many lightning storms in the central valley of Oaxaca
Twisted: traditional zapotec
can be compared with sculptures such as La Serpentine
y al final dió su vida por una causa verdadera
ants (corn seed keepers
this design is true to the style and proportions of those original ponchos of the early 1920s - 1940s when the first synthetic dyes were introduced to our village and México was experiencing a National and Cultural revolution
Hand woven on a walking Zapotec loom of the 16th century style
