A Taste of Oaxaca in Taos, New Mexico: Master Zapotec Weaver, Florentino Gutierrez, Gives Weaving Demonstration

A Taste of Oax­a­ca in Taos, New Mex­i­co: Mas­ter Zapotec Weaver, Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, Gives Weav­ing Demonstration

A Taste of Oaxaca in Taos, New Mexico: Master Zapotec Weaver, Florentino Gutierrez, Gives Weaving Demonstration
A Taste of Oax­a­ca in Taos, New Mex­i­co: Mas­ter Zapotec Weaver, Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, Gives Weav­ing Demon­stra­tion ©John Lamkin

Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, not­ed weaver of Zapotec hand­made rugs, will be giv­ing a weav­ing demon­stra­tion show­ing the tra­di­tion­al way of the cen­turies old Zapotec Indi­an weav­ing tech­nique Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Octo­ber 1st and 2nd, 2011. Starr Inte­ri­ors will be host­ing this spe­cial event in their his­toric court­yard* at 117 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, New Mex­i­co two doors south of the Taos Inn.

*The court­yard of casa Las Golon­dri­nas, the home and stu­dio (1906–1909) of found­ing mem­ber and first pres­i­dent of the Taos Soci­ety of Artists, E.I Couse.

Couse Courtyard Circa 1907 now Starr Interiors
Couse Court­yard Cir­ca 1907 now Starr Inte­ri­ors — cour­tesy Couse Foundation

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We will be prepar­ing and serv­ing tra­di­tion­al Oax­a­can hot choco­late, a deli­cious blend of hand ground choco­late, cin­na­mon and sug­ar, beat to a frothy mix­ture and tra­di­tion­al­ly served at all impor­tant Zapotec events.

Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez is one of a new gen­er­a­tion of Zapotec mas­ter weavers who has per­fect­ed the use of ani­line dyes to make some of the most stun­ning col­ors ever seen in Zapotec weav­ings. Many of his works are geo­met­ric vari­a­tions of the saltil­lo dia­mond and mit­la fret. His rev­er­ence for tra­di­tion­al design, while embell­ish­ing it in mod­ern col­or and form, makes this weaver’s works impor­tant and unique. Hon­or­ing his indige­nous her­itage, but cre­at­ing a vital new look exe­cut­ed with the finest of detail make this     demon­stra­tion a spe­cial oppor­tu­ni­ty for all to watch a mas­ter weaver at work.

Starr Inte­ri­ors own­er, Susan­na Starr, has had a close rela­tion­ship with the weaver and his fam­i­ly for more than thir­ty five years. The entire col­lec­tion of his weav­ings will be on spe­cial sale dur­ing the week­end event.

A Taste of Oaxaca in Taos, New Mexico: Master Zapotec Weaver, Florentino Gutierrez, Gives Weaving Demonstration with his cousin Hugo
A Taste of Oax­a­ca in Taos, New Mex­i­co: Mas­ter Zapotec Weaver, Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, Gives Weav­ing Demon­stra­tion with his cousin Hugo (at the loom) ©John Lamkin

Events at Starr Interiors — Book Signing & Weaving Demonstration

Father Bill & Mirabai Starr signing "Mother of God; Similar to Fire" at Starr Interiors, Taos, New Mexico
Father Bill & Mirabai Starr sign­ing “Moth­er of God; Sim­i­lar to Fire” at Starr Interiors

Peo­ple were lined up from one end to the oth­er of the Starr Gallery room at Starr Inte­ri­ors, Taos on Fri­day night (Sept. 24th) as Mirabai Starr and Father William McNi­chols (Father Bill) signed their new­ly released book Moth­er of God; Sim­i­lar to Fire*.

This exquis­ite book, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between both author and artist, presents a selec­tion of the icons of Father Bill’s with Mirabai’s accom­pa­ny­ing reflec­tions. The book is ded­i­cat­ed to the Fem­i­nine rep­re­sent­ed by Mary, Moth­er of God since she tran­scends any reli­gious bound­aries, but rep­re­sents the Moth­er as she appears to all peo­ple in all cultures.

It was a beau­ti­ful and joy­ous occa­sion at Starr Inte­ri­ors with both old friends and new, mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty and vis­i­tors, milling around the court­yard, sam­pling the deli­cious, beau­ti­ful­ly-pre­sent­ed food pre­pared by the School of Culi­nary Arts of the Uni­ver­si­ty of New Mex­i­co at Taos.

Using sham­poos works for brand via­gra 100mg some and not for oth­ers. It states that pain was reduced by 40 to 50 lev­i­t­ra gener­i­ka wouroud.com per­cent of all women, and most and are most like­ly over­weight as well. Affect­ing the Van Nuys Air­port (VNY), as well as BUR, the Val­ley-Wide Noise Relief Act will online phar­ma­cy via­gra pass­es expand its range to accom­mo­date oth­er south­ern Cal­i­for­nia air­ports if it suc­ceeds. Patients must refrain from con­sid­er­ing extra dosage of such med­i­c­i­nal pills since it could cause lev­i­t­ra on line dizzi­ness. While the folks who had pur­chased their copies of the book wait­ed in line to have their books signed, Mirabai read from the reflec­tions and Father Bill spoke of the mes­sage of Mary as the Uni­ver­sal Moth­er and not­ed singer/songwriter Jen­ny Bird sang her beau­ti­ful and stir­ring ren­di­tion of Ave Maria. What a lot of love and affec­tion poured through the gallery!

Florentino at loom in Starr Interior's courtyard
Flo­renti­no at loom in Starr Inte­ri­or’s courtyard

The next week­end event (Octo­ber 2nd and 3rd) was just as suc­cess­ful – the annu­al vis­it by mas­ter weaver Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez and his asso­ciate Hugo Gon­za­les. While they did weav­ing demon­stra­tions on the tra­di­tion­al Zapotec loom in Starr Inte­ri­or’s court­yard, Florentino’s wife, Eloisa, pre­pared and served deli­cious Oax­a­can hot choco­late. This event coin­cid­ed with the annu­al Taos Wool Festival.

*Moth­er of God; Sim­i­lar to Fire is avail­able from Starr Inte­ri­ors of through Mirabai’s web­site.

A Taste of Oaxaca in Taos, New Mexico: Master Zapotec Weaver, Florentino Gutierrez Gives Weaving Demonstration

Florentino Gutierrez Master Zapotec Indian Weaver
Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez Mas­ter Zapotec Indi­an Weaver ©John Lamkin

Flo­renti­no Gutier­rez, not­ed weaver of Zapotec hand­made rugs, will be giv­ing a weav­ing demon­stra­tion show­ing the tra­di­tion­al way of the cen­turies old Zapotec Indi­an weav­ing tech­nique Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, Octo­ber 2nd and 3rd, 2010. Starr Inte­ri­ors will be host­ing this spe­cial event in their court­yard at 117–119 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, New Mex­i­co two doors south of the his­toric Taos Inn.
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