INCANTATIONS BY MAYAN WOMEN. FATHERMOTHERS OF THE BOOK : ÁMBAR PAST WITH XUN OKOTZ AND XPETRA ERNÁNDES. [2ND ED.].
San Cristóbal de las Casas: Ch Talleres Leñateros, 2005. [295]p., illus., boards Hardcover 9709011022 Incantations by Mayan Women, published in Tzotzil and English by Taller Leñateros (Woodworkers Workshop), is a book with a face. The three-dimensional cover, cast from recycled cardboard, corn silk, and coffee, represents the Mayan earth goddess Kaxail. Her eyes open onto handmade endpaper blackened by soot and studded with palm fronds. She rules the sun, the moon, all living beings, and the primeval forest, where life eternally regenerates. Incantations seeking the lost soul's return are directed to her, as are half the texts in this collection laden with secrets, whispers, and belly laughs. . Printed as serigraphs at the "Taller Leñateros" (Woodlanders) in Chiapas, México, in 2005. Stated 1st edition consisted of 200 numbered copies. "Second Edition" unnumbered and unsigned. Measuring approximtely 10 inches square, the 295-page book contains dozens of silk-screen illustrations based on ancient Mayan folk-art patterns but painted by contemporary women, many of whom have never before held a brush. Most of the illustrations are set against a background of charcoal-based black so deep it radiates the spectrum (Item ID: 103362)
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