Reinterpretación de los diseños decorativos de las Macanas, por medio del grabado y el ensamblaje

Abstract

Textiles are crafts that without losing their ancestral identity in the use of techniques, materials, are incorporating new designs that allow merge in harmony with the new codes, symbols and expressions, the batons that give elegance and personality to clothing, clothes loaded of ancestral wealth and sensuality of exalt those who use it, which in turn is mixed with the magic of our traditions and festivals. The production by craftsmen is made on blackstrap looms. Ponchos, cloths and belts with geometric designs is the result of threading the thread activity performed mostly by men, for women and other family members help with the preparation of the raw material and dyeing, tie woof (amounts of yarn) or you’re finished with the development of the fringe. This artistic proposal is the need to talk about the ancient technique of Ikat, materials, tools, procedures, and address the issue of printmaking as a means to produce the artwork to be considered an ancient art form in the history of mankind, engraving possibilities have increased allowing new aesthetic possibilities.