Made of hand sourced and processed clay during an artist residency in Puebla, Mexico. Sourced from the base of La Malinche, a volcano looming over the city of Puebla. Comprised of soils and clays from neighboring Tlaxcala as well.
Each stripe of clay was pressed on to a petate, or woven palm leaf mat, from El Salvador. Petates have played an integral part of both life and death in this region of the world.
The petate is a refelction of the relationships the civilizations of Meso America have had with the life giving, yet destructive, volcanoes they are dominated by.
Measures 6.5” long.
Made of hand sourced and processed clay during an artist residency in Puebla, Mexico. Sourced from the base of La Malinche, a volcano looming over the city of Puebla. Comprised of soils and clays from neighboring Tlaxcala as well.
Each stripe of clay was pressed on to a petate, or woven palm leaf mat, from El Salvador. Petates have played an integral part of both life and death in this region of the world.
The petate is a refelction of the relationships the civilizations of Meso America have had with the life giving, yet destructive, volcanoes they are dominated by.
Measures 6.5” long.
