Life visions tapestry

Life visions tapestrySize: 62x104cm; 24x41inches Award winning weaver: Maria Mendoza Contreras Materials and methods: Agave fiber hand dyed with only natural dyes: be (cochineal for red, pinks magenta and overdye for orange), xiuhquilitl (indigo for blues, and green overdyes), pomegranate (for ochre and base for green and orange), cempasuchitl (for yellow) and zapote negro (for browns). Hand woven on a Zapotec walking loom of the 16th century style using a 7 threads per

We choose to use a blend of two yarns for the background to emulate the starry nights that can be seen in deserts

having completed a run across the Jaguar paths in Oaxaca

we would be more present and would make better decisions

and many sacred

Ironically

the north white

Our elders left prophecies that there will be days where the corn will not be able to grow and produce enough grain to feed our people

The challenges are still here but as long as we are guided by love and diversity

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

Drinking such a gift of nature should be for special ocassions and in moderation

This symbol read as a whole in its fractal like repetiotion can be uderstood as rain

a highly water efficient form of metabolism