El camino florido orageSize: 130x200cm; 4. 2x6. 5ft Materials and methods: Criollo sheep wool hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes using the exhaustive method. Hand woven on a walking Zapotec loom of the 16th century style using a seven threads per inch reed. Weaver: Rubn Ruiz Patterns and symbols: This ancient symbol reminds us that life is expanding in all four directions, each direction has its own character and nature. Our ancient calendar reflected this nature giving
The Mesquites and acacia trees take over with their deep roots breaking down the soil and fixin nitrogen for the soil
a pesar de eso Zapata trató siempre de evitar el derramamiento innecesario de sangre sin hacer a un lado el bienestar de su gente
The left side is called Nahual and represents our intuitive and dream type of awareness that connects us to nature while the right side represents logic and language necessary to understand the cycles of the Cosmos and to find our place in the Universe
The so called middle age crisis is inherent to this stage
There are butterflies that help polinize some cacti and wood peckers that build their nests in them and help spread their seeds
The main pattern is the life cycle pattern that comes from uniting the left and right hand at the fingers in a mudra like shape
The cactus represents the ideal of a long lived life that flourished and has prolonged death to the maximun
The smile pattern is woven in a wavy pattern like the rivers
Up to this day
We can say quite literally that we are made by sunlight and star dust
Our friend Fortino Ruiz Lopez has just finished this vibrant and amazing rug inspired in Frank Lloyd Wright's Saguaro forms and Cactus Flowers featured on the cover of Liberty Magazine
Some deep root acacias start putting off buds with the first lightning storms and some kind of mushrooms that grow on pine trees fruit with those first strikes of lightning
