‘HUICHOL’ - red
RUG / TAPESTRY / WALL HANGING
by ELISSA MEDINA, Mexico
MATERIAL; felt Hexagons, stitched, handmade. Felt made in Germany of 100% Merino wool from New Zealand. OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified.
SIZE: H: 190 x W: 160 cm // H: 74.8 x W: 62.99 in
The pieces can be custom-made in different sizes and color schemes.
A large HUICHOL rug was acquired by the MUAC, the Museum of Contemporary Museum of Art, Mexico City, for their permanent collection in 2020
A felt-rug by Mexican artist Elissa Medina. A fun, spiritual, psychedelic wall or floor-piece, in the shape of animal skin. Here felt charmingly replaces the animal fur. The piece refers to the Huichol (or Wixárikas), an indigenous people in Mexico, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental covering the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas and Durango. In a religious and philosophical context, ‘huichol’ art expresses the connection between the gods and the profane. The Huichol are famous for their glass-bead artworks and also for their use of the Peyote cactus for medicinal and shamanistic rituals. In the pattern of the felt rug, we can see the peyote symbol. The PEYOTE CACTI symbolises life, sustenance, health, success, good luck, and the acquisition of shamanic powers. The symbol appears in most Huichol art and is considered a gift from the gods to the people to enlighten their lives and to create a mythical portal between the Gods and humanity. It also symbolizes the beginning of life and the balance of the world.
Elissa Medina is a Mexican designer, now working and living in Brooklyn, New York. She creates design pieces and sculptural objects, in textiles and ceramics.
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