The path of the earthen warrior hand made

The path of the earthen warrior hand madeSize: 70x100cm; 2. 3x3. 2ft Master weaver: Justino Martnez Mendoza Materials and methods: jute fiber and raphia taedigera hand dyed with natural dyes: Pecan Husks, be (cochineal) and Zapote fruit. 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. The cycle of life pattern was woven around this rug as a frame; this symbol

To our ancestors we refer to as Benigula'as (People of matured hearts)

everyone relied on this way of perception much more than we do

the color red is in the long wave leght and when it becomes invisible to our retina but we can sense it with our skin in the form of infrared waves

Next I have a pattern that represents mountains but I have woven these made of smile

In the center of its back

performing acts that might seem like magic to the untrained eye

This rug was inspired in the Quiote of the agave plant

Patterns and symbols: the rug is framed with a cycle of life pattern to remind us of our fragility on this earth and the mortal dream that we are experiencing

The pattern is the Fononacci sequence which many ancient cultures have studied and described before him and is the basic principle of the golden ratio

eart or lakes

Size: 76x200cm

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