I have been developing a large format textile intervention composed of codes inspired by the iconography of the Mogollón cultures that inhabited the US Mexican border from 1000 BC -1350. As part of my research on textile technology and environmental protection. This series of QR codes seeks to interact with the audience through mobile devices […]
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Rio_Arduino
“Rivers are networks in motion, they are alive by their own and that life is what we must protect and take care of because water gives us life,” said Terrazas Islas, who has been struck by how birds come to drink water contaminated” El Diario de Juarez https://diario.mx/juarez/tejidos-en-movimiento-20210317-1773645.html?fbclid=IwAR2V3t0e0wTlyuEYD4CcHZsYhuDdZUnSZ1MYq4Jm_GyohP8ETpOka-7Nxco
8th, March 2021
Celebrating the women who inspire me for their commitment and love to our mother earth 🌎💧💛🔥✨ # 8M #doodlesComandanta Ramona and the Zapatista comradesWinona ladukeBerta CáceresDolores HuertaMarichuyVandana ShivaMaya angelou
Electronic weaving
Woven on a Rarámuri loom with conductive thread, jute and cotton dyed with alkaline cochineal scarlet and walnut shell #testing #etextiles #conductivethread #raramuriweaving #naturalfibers #textiletechnology
Pixelated Water
Exploration of materials and forms of water inspired by the cave paintings of the cultures of Jornada Mogollón💧 #weaving #testing #pixelatedwater #naturalfibers
Rivers are networks of life
Rivers are always in motion, they don´t remain static #movement #life #river #riobravo #sketching #research #speciesinperil #ocelote #waterflow #environmentalprotection
Berta Vive, la lucha sigue!
“The Lenca people are ancestral custodians of the rivers, also protected by the spirits of the girls who teach us that giving our lives in multiple ways for the defense of rivers is giving our lives for the good of humanity on this planet” Berta Cáceres #aguaesvida #riveroflife #riobravo #bertavive #laluchasigue #scketchbook
Botanical colors
Printed with pigments founded in the Mexican desert. Cochineal Nuts Gobernadora
River_pollution
Fibers found as environmental pollution in the Rio Grande. All of them of synthetic compounds that completely affect the quality of the water and at the same time the micro-plastics that are released and are ingested by the fauna of the river including migratory birds / endemic species as well as the crops of the […]
Rio_Arduino
The racist policies in the border between México and USA have eroded from our collective memory the notion that the Rio Grande is a living organism. If we re-signify our concept of the river as one of our main sources of life and not as a territorial boundary between the two countries, perhaps many things […]