- Pop-Up Huipil Show and Sale from San Felipe Usila
- at Restaurante La Olla, Calle Reforma #402, Oaxaca, Centro Historico in front of Las Bugambilias B&B
- Tuesday, October 28, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — One day only
I must confess that I left two great huipiles behind in San Felipe Usila and I’ve been ruminating for three days, since I returned to Oaxaca last Friday afternoon, about how to get them to me!
So, this morning I created a Pop-Up Huipil Show and Sale to make the trip worthwhile for two families who live in this remote mountain village in the Papaloapan Region of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. I spent a couple of hours hunting them down and then making the arrangements!
Please come and support these incredible weavers whose work you will recognize from the Guelaguetza Dance of the Flor de Piña. Prices start at about 1,500 pesos for pieces made on a back strap loom with intricate designs incorporated into the weft.
Meet the Longino Tenorio Mendoza family and the Hermalinda Inocente Isidro family. Together, they will bring about 40 pieces with them for you to see and describe their work.
I will need a fluent Spanish-English speaker to volunteer to translate, please! We will ask them to talk about their work, their lives and the designs they create.
Just a few examples of what you may see:
Pop-up Expoventa San Felipe Usila Saturday Only
Textile show and sale from San Felipe Usila
When: 1:30-4:30 pm, Saturday, March 7, 2015
Where: Las Granadas B&B, Avenida 2 de Abril #9, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
What: think Danza de la Pina — Dance of the Pineapple– at The Guelaguetza to picture what these garments look like
San Felipe Usila is a remote mountain village near Tuxtepec, about an eight-hour drive from Oaxaca. The women weave extraordinary textiles on back strap looms. I was there last October and met a talented family.
Jorge Isidro is coming with his mother, an accomplished weaver, and bringing excellent quality pieces to show our Women’s Creative Writing and Yoga Retreat participants. Because he is making such a long trip, I want to open up the opportunity to you to see and buy the work.
The sales go directly to the weaving families. Prices are reasonable because you are buying direct.
Please invite your friends and share this post to support fine indigenous Oaxaca textile culture. Thank you.
Norma H-Shafer
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