Shtiip gueshliuu: the strength of the earth classic degins

Shtiip gueshliuu: the strength of the earth classic deginsSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6x5ft Weaver: Dionisio de San Miguel del Valle Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with natural dyes: B (cochineal), Yagshi[i (seep willow) 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 wool rayon blend for warp. Design, patterns and symbols. Samuel Bautista Lazo sketched this design in 2014 depicting the cacti

Days passed and Quetzalcoatl remained there weak tired

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the mountain ranges surrounding our village also create the microclimate that makes our milpa food system grow well

When know that when we smile our body releases a cocktail of molecules that are good for our health

research that lightning rates are 50% higher when the sun's magnetic field points towards the earth than when it points away

Fire and water will collided and be carried by the air in that eternal dance of the elements that can repair our bodies in the womb of the earth like our mothers carried us when we were developing our first organs

red (shniiá) and the word clean are the same (niiā) which also relate to the word hand (niîá)

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someone’s work benefits another member of the community and as a whole we work together to weave rugs

elders are still very reluctant to having their picture taken but Don Faustino agreed to pose so that we can showcase their rugs online

this soft gradient of indigo dyes is relaxing and pleasing to the eye

We can say quite literally that we are made by sunlight and star dust