{"id":84,"date":"2012-06-08T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T12:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helenmacgregordesign.com\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2012-07-05T08:43:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T08:43:56","slug":"loom-of-maya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.willhousewebsites.com\/helenmacgregordesign\/loom-of-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"Loom Of Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LoomIn 1987, the year of the Mayan Harmonic Convergence, Helen was first drawn to the Mayan Indians of the hilltop regions of Guatemala, where women weave brightly colored cloths on their back-strap looms, often at the side of the road.\u00a0The motifs in vivid colors that are woven into their traditional cloths often depict the cosmic codes of the ancient Mayan culture, inspiring the Loom of Maya series.<\/p>\n

She started collecting the intricately woven and embroidered \u2018Huipiles\u2019, the traditional ponchos worn by the indigenous Mayan Indians, as well as the \u2018Cortes\u2019 which are wrapped as skirts worn by women and men alike. She used these weavings to fashion the pillows and wall hangings in her design collections, adding the traditional narrow \u2018Faja\u2019 bands as design accents to produce a symphony of bright Mayan hues.<\/p>\n

Helen works directly with the native weavers to create her own distinctive color harmonies, by commissioning them to weave the narrow cotton bands, in colors of her choice, to form the basis of her collections.<\/p>\n

The first two Loom of Maya collections are defined by the Yin and Yang energies of the color wheel.<\/p>\n

\u2018CARIBBE<\/strong>\u2019 features the cool Yin hues of blues and greens.<\/p>\n

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