Nahual: spring equinox medicine rug

Nahual: spring equinox medicine rugSize: 80x150cm; 2. 6x5ft Master Weaver: Mario Bautista Martinez, Teotitlan del Valle. Materials and methods: merino sheep wool spun in the mills of the Vara family in Tianguistengo. Hand dyed yarns by Leonor Lazo using natural dyes: Xiuhquilitl (indigofera suffruticos) and B (Dactylopius Coccus). 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.

Part of our responsibility of living on this land is to do our duty to help maintain a balanced ecosystem and to give back as much as we take from the land

the ancient Anawak calendar has a 0

This rug starts with a smile pattern to remind us of the medicine that we carry within and that we can share with each other

but as a perennial tree they have a much better advantage and a necessary conection must be woven

What aspects of our live need to be buried underground and be transformed into a new way of life

The ancient teachings can be summarized in the moto live a life of balance

mother Goddess and child birth protector

These mountains are interacalted with seeds of life

Weaver: Camerino Bautista

Steam is the union of fire and water and in that union of oposites

it should be interpreted as the spirit of the plant instead of the godess of dunkenness and debauchery

excersice and spiritual connection to water