Indigenous Mexican crafts for your home.

Set of 4 coasters or trivets from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico, which will give a vernacular and stylish touch to your table.

Teotitlán was one of the main Zapotec towns in pre-Hispanic Mexico and today it is distinguished by the production of woolen fabrics that its inhabitants make based on an ancestral tradition. In this place artisans create exquisite sarapes of wool, bags, rugs, carpets and curtains, among other beautiful multi-colored works of art dyed naturally with various fruits and plants.

To prepare the wool that they will later weave, artisans must spin it and then dye it with a variety of nuts, plants and insects. The main ink is the cochineal grana, extracted from the prickly pear cactus that dyes in a crimson red color. The yellow color is extracted from the shell of pomegranate, the brown color of the walnut shell, and the blue is obtained from the plant of the indigo, also called indigo.

Producing a piece of woven wool involves a long and arduous 100% manual process, rooted in ancestral traditions and requiring patience, skill and wisdom. The pieces you see here required more than two days of elaboration.

Pieces: 4 (1 blue, 1 white, 1 fuchsia and 1 green).
Measurements: 18 cm high x 12 cm wide.