Miramar Weavers, book signing

Our neighbor, Tom Feher, took the photos for a book, written by Judith Radke, about a small village of weavers high in the Mixteca region of the state. The women have formed a cooperative, and are working on marketing their beautiful weavings. The work is all done on the typical Mayan backstrap loom, and is very intricate and complicated. Judith, who lives part of the year in the Boston area, has a beautiful house up towards San Felipe. She and her husband hosted a book signing party for the new book.

This is the two Edith's, both master weavers and both daughters of master weavers. They made the long, difficult trip from Miramar to be at the book signing.















Judith, wearing one of the beautiful shawls. I wish you could see the detail in the weaving...very intricate. And, the fringe on all the pieces was gilding on the lily! This piece in particular caught my eye, and Judith modeled for the photo. The Mirarmar weavers wanted more training in fringes, so they arranged to swap training sessions with a group of Zapotec weavers. The Miramar taught some of the patterns they weave; the Zapotec weavers showed them new fringe patterns.

It was a very nice evening...we met other travelers, and I saw a few old classmates from my Spanish class. It's really a small town!
















This is my friend Jo Ann, my neighbor and the wife of the photographer; and her friend Suzanne. You have to love their embroidered blouses!
















Judith and her husband Warren renovated this old building, creating a beautiful space with great outside areas. I snapped this image, the view from their bedroom looking north. The giant, folding glass doors are in every room, blocking the weather when needed, but keeping the outside close by all the time.

It was a nice evening, and we walked home, stopping for a snack on the way.