Sister snake poncho water

Sister snake poncho waterSize: 119cm, 43inches from shoulder to end. Materials and methods. Criollo sheep wool spun and woven in pedal looms in Santiago Tianguistengo. Natual wool colors. Weavers: Batalla family. Design, patterns and symbols. Cosmic snake ziz zag desgin that represents the knowledge kept by the matriarchs.

she taught my mom everything about weaving and one day my mom also taught us how to wash wool in the river

as it is taught by our elders when we learn about the Benigulaas

seeing the world through a balanced view of our Nahual (dreams and intuition)

Xiuhquilitl (indigofera sufforticosa) for blue

The ancestral skin paintings (tattoes) are made with agave thorns

I even got the scissors and cut the warp ready to give up and weave something easier

the surface world and the underworld

This pattern also looks like the spiral of the Fibonacci series

The bird awareness represents our spiritual pursuits that are enabled by the organs from the navel and above (heart

Master Weaver: Guillermo Martínez

Purchasing these rugs helps pay for Azucena's University tuition fees

forming a kernel