Zapotechnology in Oaxaca

Mexico

2018

Narrative Made participated as a China representative at Garland’s Global Pathways of Craft Today Forum in Oaxaca, Mexico. Organised by Valeria Florescano, the programme was filled with field visits and exchanges from artisans, designers and artists across Mexico and aboard. It was a chance to learn about the Zapotec values that underlined their mesmerising crafts, and particularly its place in the world today. From the lives of rug weavers, embroiderers, dyers, glassmiths and potters, visits to the ruins of Atzompa and the national archives, to the celebrations of El Día de los Muertos with the families of local craftsmen, it was a priceless exchange and visioning time for the future of Oaxacan crafts, which gives great inspirations for the cultures around the world. Read more about it here.