Porfirio Gutiérrez and his family are from a long line of master weavers who work with the 2,000 year old Zapotec weaving tradition. Porfirio and his family are teaching their Zapotec traditions to a new generation of weavers in their home town of Teotitlán del Valle in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. This ancient art used backstrap looms and fibers of the agave plant before the arrival of the Spanish, who introduced upright looms and sheep wool for fiber. The Zapotec also used natural dyes from minerals, plants, and an insect, the cochineal, that provides a red color, carmine. This video features a four-day workshop on natural dyes given to the community.
5 фев 2019
