Milpa: three sister seeds hand made

Milpa: three sister seeds hand madeSize: 40x100cm; 16in by 3ft Weaver: Belen Bautista Price: 140USD Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool spun in the mills of Tianguistengo. Hand dyed yarns by Leonor Lazo using natural dyes: Yauhtli (Tagetes lucida) and Xiuhquilitl (Indigofera Suffroticosa). 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. This rug

and kick start the year because this date also coincides with the transition of spring to summer

they could be the last rains of the year and will ensure that there is enough moisture in the ground for our corn to fill up with grain

Eight years would have been a useful span of time for ancient sky-watchers

For instance

In this rug we have the smile pattern that is woven in there to remind us that laughing and smiling is the source of all healing

even his brother who lives in the USA got infected at the same time

if we don't stop emiting carbon into the atmoaphere and the warming continues

just like the wild flowers that emerge from the earth in autumn when dia de muertos takes place

playing as his equal

The rug also depicts smile patterns

We were speaking about how much the USA has changed ever since he went

people in touch with their Rubeæz awareness (dreams and intuition) can feel when death is approaching