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Ernesto, Artisan creator of the pedal loom

Ernesto and his wife own a wonderful pedal loom in a town in the state of Oaxaca. They are in charge of the entire process involved in the manufacture of rugs and blankets.

Since they receive the freshly shorn virgin wool from the sheep, they card and spin it using an old wooden spinning wheel, creating skeins that they wash and then dye with natural dyes that they themselves collect from nature.

Until they begin to weave rugs and blankets on the pedal loom, loaded with Zapotec symbols, an indigenous people of the area, with which they tell us stories of their daily lives.

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"Weaving on a loom is like a dance, just as a dance is created, a piece is created."

Ernesto