- Handmade by Ruiz Bazan Family
- Ships from Mexico within 7 days
- Natural and artificial dyes
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NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. Brilliant bands of ochre and yellow show intricate motifs in orderly geometry. Centered by a trio of rhomboids, the pattern exemplifies Zapotec artistry. The Ruiz Bazan family draws on ancestral artistry, weaving an extraordinary rug on the handloom. The soft woolen threads are tinted using natural and artificial dyes. An archeological zone in Oaxaca, Dainzu means "hill of cactus" in the Zapotec language. 100% woolArtisan Info: The Ruiz Bazan Family is also featured in Keepers of the Arts, a beautiful hardcover book available through Novica. "Our family has been weaving Zapotec-style rugs for many generations, dedicating ourselves purely to this process. We purchase wool from a farmer nearby and dye it with natural dyes collected from native plants, some of which we find at the morning marketplace. Some of the plant dyes we grow ourselves, including small flowers that contain a very strong pigment. "We are all involved in every aspect of weaving, from washing the raw wool when it arrives at shearing time, to carding it carefully and dyeing it in many beautiful shades before weaving begins. We are especially careful to choose the right colors for each rug we put careful consideration into this artistic aspect of the rug-making process. "Not one of us has ever hesitated to become a rug weaver. We have all grown up watching our parents and grandparents weave,
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