Tagetes Lucida, Pericón, or Just Yellow

keylimesteve — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:27:08 +0000

Raw wool getting a mineral bath. Click for larger image.

We were treated to quite a special process last Friday, where we were able to see beyond the usual show for the public, Fidel and Maria Luisa invited us to watch them as they dyed some freshly-spun wool. Today was yellow.

Before the dyeing [...]

High Fidelity

keylimesteve — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:43:49 +0000

Victoria and I drove out to Teotitlán de Valle yesterday to visit the Cruz family; just to catch up after new years, drop off some reed-making tools for their oboe-playing son and mix with that some carpet talk. On the drive there, I had questioned Victoria as to why there wasn’t any citification for “authentic” Zapotec weavings, [...]

The Field of Dreams Theory

keylimesteve — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:01:33 +0000

Field of Dreams

In the 1986 movie, Kevin Costner plays an Iowa corn farmer who, after hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields. The voices told him, “If You Built It, They Will Come”, referring to (unknown to Costner at the time) the Chicago Black Sox.

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The Game is Fixed

keylimesteve — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:01:46 +0000

Swing-Time

When my daughter Sakura (now 21-years old) was just a little girl of maybe six or seven, she and I went to a carnival in Yonkers. It was a blast. Aside from the swing and a few other non-scarey rides, the petting zoo and junk-food, there was the Midway, the “step right up” [...]

A Grand Opening

keylimesteve — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:42:55 +0000

On December 3rd, 2011, we celebrated our long awaited (buy us at least) grand opening of our waterfront gallery in Red Hook Brooklyn. It was a good time had my all attendees, music provided by famed son jarocho musician Patricio Hidalgo, who also stood in as the ceremonial ribbon-cutter, and the well known son jarocho [...]