On 23 Mar 2009, at 15:27, Carolina de la Guardia wrote:
Yes, she explains that she bases her works on ancient native South
American knotting art. She is originary of Xile.
I would guess that she was inspired by pre-Colombian quipu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu
The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino in Santiago has some
magnificent quipus in their collection.
http://www.precolombino.cl/es/english/permanentes/andesdelsur/quipu.php
http://mod.precolombino.cl/mods/expo_temporales/detalle/43/
On the last website above, you'll see a ghostly "I-don't-know-what"
on the bottom left hand corner of the picture. Run your cursor over
that and a menu will appear. Click on fotos.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site:
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot
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