mybeingthere: María Eugenia Dávila & Eduardo Portillo, Venezuelan textile artists, (both born in
mybeingthere: María Eugenia Dávila & Eduardo Portillo, Venezuelan textile artists, (both born in 1966).“Eduardo Portillo and Maria Eugenia Dávila, from Venezuela, introduced textile works made of silk, metal and indigo. It is unbelievable that fragile silk fibers could be combined with metal to form fabric. These fibers, after being processed, became more enduring and heavy-duty.All of the textiles they presented had been woven using their own cultivated silk, Orinoco moriche palm fiber, wool, and cotton, dyed with indigo, cochineal, and eucalyptus. They also used copper and metal yarn. The couple devoted ten years to study indigo dye and its culture in different countries in Southeast Asia before embarking on this work.”https://textilesocietyofamerica.org/4920/colorful-journeyhttps://allweart.wordpress.com/maria-eugenia-davila…/ -- source link