The Gobelin Weaving Classes at Dolores
Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Professor Francisco Javier Cuamatzi began the gobelin
tapestry weaving program at the Technical Secondary School in Dolores
Hidalgo in 1961. He commissioned 20 looms and established the curriculum
for two classes; beginning and advanced. After his retirement, his son, Adán
Flores Cololetzi, continued the program. Over 250 students, ages ten
through twelve, learned to design and weave each year. Three small tapestries were
warped onto each loom. The warp was cotton and the weft was acrylic.
Students worked in teams of six; each weaving a portion of a shared
tapestry during class. |
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Professor Cuamatzi currently gives
private gobelin tapestry weaving classes at his home/studio in
Dolores Hidalgo (left).
For more information about the
gobelin tapestry weaving classes, or to offer your support, please write (in Spanish) to:
Prof. Adán Flores Cololetzi
Escuela Secundaria Técnica #4
Delores Hidalgo
Guanajuato, Mexico
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GUANAJUATO LINKS:
Ceramist, Capelo
Ceramist, Angelica
Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Tecpatl Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco Garcia Guevara
Tinsmithing
ARTCERA figures of Salamanca, Guanajuato
Betancourt
Icons of Celaya, Guanajuato
Ikat foot-loom woven shawls of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Papermaker, Margarita
Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
Wood carver, Fernando Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
Toba Sashes of Argentina with Pickup Motif
OTHER LINKS:
Backstrap Weaving School at Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico
Backstrap Woven Shawls of Esperanza Valencia Morra of Morelia
Foot-Loom Weaving in Central Mexico
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts Studio
Jakaltek Maya Backstrap Weaving
Shibori in Kyoto, Japan
Katazome (stencil dying) in Kyoto, Japan
Tapestry Crochet
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.