Oro rojo de Oaxaca wall rug

Oro rojo de Oaxaca wall rugSize: 80x150cm, 2. 6 by 5ft Weaver: Reynaldo, San Miguel del Valle Materials and methods: criollo sheep wool hand dyed with 7 shades of be bia' (Cochineal, Dactylopius Coccus Costa). Handwoven on a Zapotec style loom of the 16th century adapted from European styles. Woven using a 7 threads per inch reed. Design, patterns and symbols. This rug is inspired by our natural landscape, three types of cactus: Opuntia ficus indica (bia shtili), Mytillo Cactus

this year has been particularly strong with the fire element on the planet

traditionally one could eat red meat on Fridays and Saturdays

Some say that our technology as it advances it would look more like magic

the sky energy and the earthly one

Next we have the basic four stepped life cycle symbol that reminds us of the basic biological stages of life that goes through major changes every thirteen years and the need to honor our natural rythms with ceremony  and self discovery

The true ritual war is fighting our own nature as timid

or anniversary gift

The sky dome above us is represented with an band of symbols of the sun

In the lower left corner

Our ancestors

Bælguiææ: flowered snake

Star conjunction