WEAVING TECHNOLOGY AND TEXTILE RHYTHM 

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PHOTO BY JUAN PABLO VELASCO, COURTESY  CASA RIEGNER

Manto Muisca (2022): This masterpiece is a reinterpretation of a Muisca textile found in Boyacá, Colombia, that was exhibited in 1842 in the British Museum

MUISCA TEXTILE. Painted textile made of cotton. Plain weave with paired warps and verticle stripe in supplementary warp pattern in brown along each edge; fringe along the bottom edge. Painted designs in brown and blue depict geometric interlocking panels and a seated figure. Photo and text by the  British Museum 

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MANTO MUISCA BY SIU VÁSQUEZ

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In this piece Siu Vásquez wants to replicate the process of Muisca indigenous technology of weaving, a reflection about time. She wants to commemorate a wonderful forgotten technique, and bring it back to life as a way of resisting this fast paced world and understanding its textile rhythms.

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EXHIBITION "¿PINTURA, NO PINTURA? ".  CASA RIEGNER

The weave was made in a vertical loom with a cotton yarn dyed with the bark of the eucalyptus.

VERTICAL LOOM. PHOTO BY SIU VÁSQUEZ

PHOTO BY SIU VÁSQUEZ

After the weaving process of the "canvas", she created layers over layers of color with eucalyptus, indigo, annatto, Arabic gum and spirulina. 

PHOTO BY SIU VÁSQUEZ

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