Esperanza Valencia Morra
| Esperanza is a skilled backstrap weaver and weaving teacher. She weaves leno shawls, known as Rebozos de Pataqua, of fine cotton thread. This type of traditional shawl is from Aranza, Esperanzas home town. In 2001, Esperanza's shop/studio was located in the Handicraft House of Morelia. |
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| Esperanza tilts her backstrap loom so that the weft can be rolled through the shed. | With leno, warp threads are twisted, then the weft is passed through the new shed opening. |
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For more information about Esperanza or her
work, please write to her (in Spanish) at: Ex-Convento de San Francisco Morelia Michoacán, México |
LINKS:
Backstrap Weaving School at Santa Maria
del Rio, Mexico
Jakaltek Maya Backstrap Weaving
Foot-Loom Weaving in Central Mexico
Ikat
Shawls of Uriangato and Moroleon, Mexico
Toba Sashes of Argentina with Pickup Motif
Gobelin Tapestry
Weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
Tapestry Crochet
Mexican Cane baskets
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts Studio
Shibori in Kyoto, Japan
Katazome (stencil dying) in Kyoto, Japan
Adinkra in Ntonso, Ghana
Ashanti Kente Weaving in Bonwire, Ghana
Ashanti Kente Weaving in Adawomase, Ghana
Ewe Kente Cloth Weaving in Denu, Ghana
Painting and Baskets of Sirigu, Ghana
Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura in 2001. Please look at
Carol's home page to see more about
crafts around the world.
