Country world · 9 models
Mexico
One country, many techniques
Mexico is where LÁAK starts – it is where Fabi lives. The nine designs in this world form the most varied group: dense diamond fields in vivid colours, strict black and cream, mosaic-like grids.
Models from Mexico
Technique
Weaving, embroidery, cross-stitch – not the same
Mexican textiles differ by region and by technique. The crafts catalogue of the state of Jalisco, for example, lists cross-stitch and the backstrap loom as a technique of the Wixárika in its own right – separate from their work with chaquira beads. That is why origins such as Chiapas and Oaxaca are not interchangeable.
Background
The tradition
The Mexican government’s cultural information system (SIC) does not list textiles as “Mexican” but by place and tradition: rebozos from Santa María del Río, embroidery from Chicontepec, sarapes and many more. Each of these names stands for its own practice.
Then there is technique. Weaving, embroidery, cross-stitch and beadwork are different crafts with their own tools and their own knowledge. Mixing them up blurs exactly what makes these textiles special.
Translation
What the designs make of it
Many of the nine visualisations recall cross-stitch in their grid structure. We do not assign them to a particular region or community: whether a future model is woven, embroidered or worked in cross-stitch depends on the actual workshop – and that is exactly what we will state.
Models from Mexico
Mexico
Orange & Garnet
Flower-like diamonds in garnet and yellow on orange, framed by a row of dots.
Mexico
Black & Cream
A strict band of diamonds in black and cream – the most graphic design in the collection.
