Risaa scha' gueal: cosmic rays simple living

Risaa scha' gueal: cosmic rays simple livingSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6ft by 5ft Weaver: Guillermina Bautista Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool spun in the mills of Tianguistengo. Hand dyed with color fast 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 and wool rayon blend for warp. Desgin, patterns and symbols. This rug was inspirted by the patterns of the skyworld, specially

Yesterday was earth day

we will talk about these celebrations in future posts

Aquí la mirada de Zapata

My auntie Maria wove this rug in a series of a first batch of rugs when she was experimenting on how to use agave fibers for weaving in the ancient way our ancestors were doing 14

Coyote promised to help and tryed to find some food but failed in its hunt

The corn stalk is already drying and turning yellow

The natural calendar has 13 numerals and 20 days which gives us a combination of 260 days for a year--this is the equivalent of a gestation period of a human

the feather snake

that she would learn as much from them as they from her

so the nawales developed excersises and postures to condition the body (something that looks like yoga and that recently is called Kinam)

While embracing death we become more present and live our lives in the present

the line declines as we get old and our skeleton