Punta Cometa: fire tending tapestry

Punta Cometa: fire tending tapestry60x100cm; 2x3ft Materials ans methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with colorfast aniline dyes using an exhaustive method. Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed. Master Weaver: Maria Mendoza Contreras Design, patterns and symbols: This design is a red gradation inspired in the sunsets observed in Punta Cometa, a sacred hill that is the further most point on the

One of her son's warned her that her daugther Coyolxauhqui (Moon Godess) was leading her sons to kill her

because the rain doesn't only feed our bodies throug plants but also feeds our spirit

Weaver: Dionisio from San Miguel del Valle

Materials and methods:  Agave fiber hand dyed with Black Sapote ( Diospyros nigra)

a word that is the same we use for feather

pork on Sundays

Warriors would embrace each momment of life as if every moment could be one last moment on earth becasue they know that death is at an arm's leght behind us

they saw that we are made of a magnetic field just like the earth

It was during the colonial times that the word nahual got transgressed into a negative connotations describing evil people that cause damage and illness by transforming into scary animals

assurred mutual help for each other

beé (cochineal) and Zapote fruit

a life cycle symbol has five segments representing a spirit that reached 65 years of maturity