From My Family to Yours: A Zapotec Indian's Handiwork of the Heart
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| From generation to generation!! This is my grandmother (mi abuelita) hand carving and spinning the wool. |
The Ruiz Familia are an indigenous family of Zapotec Indian people from a small town south of Oaxaca, Mexico. Gregorio has 6 brothers and sisters who also are weavers and artists. He and his brother Francisco visit different places every year to sell their family rugs in Mexico. You can always visit them in Teotitlan del valle, Oaxaca in July, August and September to buy the rugs but the rest of the year the brothers have the rugs at shops in other towns!! You can visit his family any time but the rugs are right now, with Gregorio in Los Barriles, B.c.s. |
| This piece was for example a rug people can use like a tapestry for the wall... the design is traditional. This design has the eyes of God in the center. One is in the middle and two on either side. by the father of Gregorio!! |
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| Sold: we can make to order. Eye of God in the center. |
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| We make large sizes like 6'x10' or larger! |
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| Some people like the rugs as wall hangings. |
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| Brighten up an elegant space. |
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| We can make a different kind of design! |
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| Grana cochinea is the color burgundy / red ... it's the color we can have! It depends how much lemon juice we use in our dye you can also have orange and other colors!!! :) |
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| If people want to order this, just email Gregorio at oaxacarugs at gmail dot com. |
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| A 'runner' can be for a table, a hallway or the wall decoration. |
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| Gregorio Ruiz began weaving at the age of eight. Here he works on his loom in his taller / studio in Oaxaca. |
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| Tapete (rug) with different natural colors of the original sheep wool from Chichicapa. No dye. |
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| The new taller / studio in Los Barriles, B.c.s. Mexico |
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| The Ruiz Family rugs can be found on 20 de Noviembre, the main street in Los Barriles across from Campestre TRINY restaurant ... |
