One of my top priorities on my first visit to Oaxaca, Mexico was to make sure to visit a Cochineal Farm. I had been vaguely aware of cochineal for some time and knew if by one of its other names, carmine. I learned more about it when I became a docent at my local art […]
A Perfect Red
Visit an Artisan Weavers Village in Oaxaca, Mexico
Artisans in the village of Teotitlan del Valle, in southern Mexico, have been weaving rugs as their ancestors have for centuries. Found just east of Oaxaca City off the main road to popular archeological sites of Yagul and Mitla and just a little past El Tule, the giant super cypress tree, Teotitlan del Valle is […]