Beniguie'a: flowered people rugSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Master Weaver: Justino Martinez Mendoza Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool and fine merino wool hand dyed with natural dyes: B (cochineal), yauhtli (tagetes lucida) and 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 cotton warp. Patterns and symbols: the rug is framed with a cycle of life pattern to remind us of our
Omar just finished putting a roof over his family's workshop and now is building a rain catching sysem
our elders also introduced letters from the Spanish alphabet and took pride in weaving words and phrases into textiles
Our ancestors met their nature stewardship responsibilities with a smile and community action
from life to death
This smile pattern (dentaded stripe) is repeated througout the rug
our young generations still want to learn how to weave while attending school and getting bachelors and higher education degrees
This essential colors are the basic colors of the sunrise and the sunset and the colors that pigment the feathers of the Scarlet Macaw
took a very long time to grow thread by thread powered by solely the sun's energy gathered from plants and animals from this land to patiently dye and weave the raw materials of our earth into a piece of art to enrich and lift our spirit
It was dyed with only natural dyes by my auntie and her son
Materials and methods
The Jaguar is an endengered animal in the Anahuac (American) continent and it is the largest cat roaming these lands connecting South America with North America and influencing all cultures in its range
Perhaps what our ancestors understood is that before the big bang there was this singularity where all the cosmos was condensed into divine matter that choose to create itself as the universe that we perceive today
