Huichol Yarn Art

We had a wonderful first class today.

We learned about Mexican Yarn Art.

 Huitchol Indians in Mexico created beautiful yarn paintings.  They melted wax in the sun on wood boards and pressed the yarn into the soft wax.  This process takes patience!
The yarn paintings are created for two purposes:  for religious purposes and to sell.
The deer is an important symbol and frequently seen in yarn art.  Much of the subject matter for the yarn paintings is based on natural subjects.

We started our own yarn art projects and will finish them next week.
Everyone is doing a terrific job.  I will post pictures of our finished pieces next week.