Tonalpohualli: a new beginning timelessSize: 60x100cm; 2x3ft Master Weaver: Justino Martnez Mendoza Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool, agave fibers and feathers hand dyed with natural dyes: B (cochineal), Yagshi[i (seep willow), Xiuhquilitl (indigo), Pericn (Tagetes lucida), Pecan Husks and Yabgu (Marigold). 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. Patterns and symbols.
Not forever here on earth
an incredible acacia tree that grows around around here
this tree is called Ya'ax'che which is a ceiba tree that has nine levels in the branches of the sky
Copal is burned with sacred substances such as Yauhtli
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Their ways of perception were subtle but advanced
This rug design is comprised of stripes of the smile pattern in different colors as a way to remind us that laughing and smiling is the source of true healing and medicine
we take care of the infraestructure needs of the village as a community
extract knowledge and totally appropriate it as theirs
they carry out rounds of inspection and tend the small fires that arise during the dry spell
this soft gradient of indigo dyes is relaxing and pleasing to the eye
language and mathematics
