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