PLEASE JOIN US ON SUN. JAN. 2TH FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL WEAVING EXHIBITION AND SALE/ INVITACION AL 4to ANUAL EXHIBICION Y VENTA DE TELAR DE CINTURA

[Patrice Perillie]

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Please join us next Sunday! Details below the flyer!!!

I hope you'll join us this year for another exciting day! In addition to the weaving and spinning demonstrations, we will have live music, including a typicla trova from Pinotepa de Don Luis, absolutely delicious and unique Mixtec Chile Rellenos  (vegetarian (nuts) and chicken) for sale, prepared by the women of Pinotepa de Don Luis (yes, if you enjoyed them on our Carnival trip last year, these are the ones!), and Habacuc Avendano will be back this year. He is the head of the Tintoreros de Pinotepa de Don Luis, the cooperative that harvests the sacred purple dye from the snails that live along our rocky coast. He'll be sharing his DVD and giving us an update on the status of this endangered species.   As a very special guest, Master Ceramist and Artesan Irene Aguilar from Ocotlan, will be selling her signed, original figurines of typical Oaxacan scenes, from funeral processions, to Virgins to ladies of the night!  This is a great honor as Irene has been designated one of the Grand Masters of Mexican and Oaxacan Folk Art by the Banamex foundation.   Also, Abigail Mendoza, a master Zapotec weaver from Santo Tomas Jaliezo, will be with us again with her fabulous belts and bags! She will be taking your special orders for some of her finest pieces!   I try to bring you something new each year so this year we will be featuring the hand-made products by "Ojo de Dios" which has rescued an extinct cotton weaving technique using feathers!? With the passion of many weavers and collaborators, they have handmade organic coyuche cotton clothes transforming the original designs into something more connected to the actual artisans from the Sierra Sur that had learned to weave the yarn by hand in Ghandi´s kind of lathes. They also bring baskets made of pine needles, and other things from the cold Sierra Sur of Oaxaca. Finally, we will have our Mexizen line of furniture on display, featuring the woven textiles of the Costa Chica, and last, but certainly not least, author Bill Missett, a 20 year Puerto resident, will be on hand selling and signing a limited number of his "Soul Surfer Johnny" series, the almost true, semi autobiographical stories of Puerto Escondido in the "good old days"!  He will also be selling the Puerto 2012 Commemorative T-shirts from the Mayan New Years Celebration. All proceeds from T-shirt and book sales will go to Pina Palmera-the camp for disabled in Zipolite.    So it's going to be a big event! I hope you'll tell all your friends about it and forward this e-mail to them! See you next Sunday! RSVP by e-mail if you would!   Thank you for your support!   Patrice for Dreamweavers   For more information call me (954)582-1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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