Gray Diamond Accent Pillow

Description

This white pillow with gray half diamond is from Teotitlan Del Valle community of Oaxaca Mexico. The elaboration of a wool cushion like this is a slow process that can take up to 3 days to finish. 100% wool on one side and Mexican cotton cloth with zipper closure on the other.

MEASUREMENTS: 16”length x 16” width

Spot clean with damp cloth or dry clean

The waist loom is a very old technique used by Mesoamerican cultures. Artisans continue to use this technique to make some of the pieces they use for their clothing as well as items and accessories for the home. This technique used in some communities of Oaxaca and Chiapas consists of intertwining threads of any type of fiber in a wooden loom tying them to a pole or tree on one side and to the waist of the craftsman on the other and interconnecting perpendicularly other threads with chopsticks to give the finish to the weft of the fabric.