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100%
wool hand woven rugs and handcrafts
Ave. Juárez 70 Teotitlán
del Valle, Oaxaca, México.
z.c.
70420, Tel : (951)524-4154 and 524-4183
Contact us
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- Fine quality hand woven rugs in original and traditional
Zapotec designs using natural and vegetable dyes.
- Free demonstrations of
the entire production process
(carding, spinning, dyeing and
weaving).
- Visit our workshop and get to know the ancient art of weaving.
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Porfirio and Gloria
(History)
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Gloria
and her daughter carding wool (1974)
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Artesanias "Casa Santiago”, with its longstanding
tradition of more than 40 years, is located in Teotitlán del Valle, a picturesque town in the central
valley of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The town is well known for its weaving tradition as well as
for being an ancient settlement of the Zapotec culture still alive in the state, and in fact
maintaining its rich language, customs, and traditions right up to the present time.
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Porfirio Santiago and
Gloria Bautista (1975)
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Porfirio Santiago and
Gloria Bautista (2007)
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Master weaver Porfirio Santiago Mendez and his
wife Gloria Bautista Gonzalez founded Artesanias "Casa Santiago"
weaving workshop in 1966, having inherited the knowledge of dyeing wool using natural and
vegetable colors, and then weaving, from their parents and grandparents.
They continue to pass on their artistry to their seven sons and daughters,
and to their seventeen grandchildren, thereby enabling the family to
preserve this integral part of the town’s identity and to share it with
everyone who visits them at their workshop on the main street of this
traditional Zapotec town, located at Ave. Juarez 70. You are cordially invited to pass by and meet the
members of the family, while at the same time learn about the weaving
tradition while being introduced to magical Zapotec hospitality of all the
people from this quaint and enchanting town in the Oaxaca valley.
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A wide selection of sizes and designs using
beautiful natural and vegetable colors can be seen at Artesanias "Casa
Santiago.” We also offer you
the opportunity to place custom orders with your own choice of color
combination, design, and size, if you don't find what you are looking for
in our showroom and workshop.
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In addition to our
lovely handcrafted rugs you will be able to choose from an assortment of
coasters sets, table runners in several sizes, placemats and pillow covers,
as well as hand bags in different styles, designs and sizes, all with the
same high quality of 100 %
hand woven wool and skill level of the family weavers. Master weaver
Porfirio Santiago and his family will proudly be your hosts at their
workshop, and provide you with
the best available information about not only their handcrafts but also
everything else that this charming town beaming with ancient rituals, pageantry and cultural heritage,
has to offer.
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With all her experience Gloria will show you the
process of cleaning the wool by carding it, as well as the spinning process
to make the yarns, and Porfirio will guide you while he weaves traditional
designs in his loom as he's been doing for more than four decades.
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Cochineal dye (Red
tones)
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Local plant (Blue/Green tones)
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Rock moss (Yellow/orange tones)
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A main part of the weaving process is dyeing the
wool, and you will see the variety of plants and other natural sources that
the family uses to obtain the diverse range of colors, tones and hews,
woven into their rugs.
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We welcome you to visit
us and share in the ancient art of weaving, and learn a little of our great
Zapotec cultural heritage.
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Artesanías "Casa Santiago" recommends the following web
sites of accommodations where
you will have a comfortable stay in a quaint, “personal touch”
setting in Oaxaca :
Casa Machaya Oaxaca Bed and Breakfast : http://www.oaxacadream.com/
Casa Colonial : www.mexonline/colonial.htm
Casa Arnel : www.casaarnel.com.mx
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