The Makers Keeping the Ancient Art of Weaving Alive
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/t-magazine/weaving-handicrafts-oaxaca.html
The Makers Keeping the Ancient Art of Weaving Alive
Through thoughtful collaborations with Mexican artisans in Oaxaca and elsewhere, contemporary designers are helping to evolve — and protect — one of the world’s most enduring handicrafts.
Clockwise from left:
Mestiz Papalote, $7,500, ago-photo.com;
M.A Gal Na Sak, $800, ma-work.mx;
Phigmento Four Quadrates/Light Blue No. 2., $850, phigmento.com.Credit...Photograph by David Chow. Prop styling by Todd Knopke
By Michael Snyder
Published Feb. 11, 2021Updated Feb. 12, 2021
FOR THREE DECADES, starting in 1935, the German-American artists Josef and Anni Albers made 13 trips to Mexico; on each one, they studied the pyramids and crumbling palaces of civilizations predating the European invasions that began in the 16th century. They were drawn to the