Baali Guiísh: star of enlightenment rugs in usaSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Weaver: Juan Lazo Gutierrez 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. The entire cycle263 as a morning star, 50 days absent, 263 days as an evening star, and finally, 8 days absenttakes 584 days, an interval
Weaver: Gutierrez family workshop
The left side is called Nahual and represents our intuitive and dream type of awareness that connects us to nature while the right side represents logic and language necessary to understand the cycles of the Cosmos and to find our place in the Universe
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chilli seeds and new born babies among other uses of the word
an award winning design for the cultural center and the many artists that it hosts for events and workshops
Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with Xiuhquilitl (indigo) in different shades and hues
This desgin was sketched by Samuel Bautista Lazo to depict the cosmic snake element in the eye of the feather snake that is used to represent lightnings
Agaves were processed to make Niís Duuv badaou (Mezcal) using earthen pots and reeds way before European contact
The meaning of the lizard (reptile) is enigmatic
Causes: purchasing this rug helps Maria and Justino fight a legal battle to defend a piece of their land that they have been taking care of and is unjustly taken away by people with money and influence
The rug choice of colors depict the flowered path of our spiritual journey that lead us to that blissful state of the oneness on the background of undyed natural gray wool which is obtained by mixing 20% of black wool with 80% of white wool
The day of the solar Zenit varies according to the latittude but it is only observed in betwen the tropics of Cancer of Capricorn
