Tweets about Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik We've posted 58 Tweets about this exhibition since it opened.

"Now we buy the thread in the stores; it is ready to use and we only have to make balls and can weave it quickly. We cannot compare the work of our grandmothers with the work we do today." -Magdalena López López, Weaver, Jolom Mayaetik #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on February 09, 2018.

"In the past the weaving process was very arduous. My grandmother told me that they used cotton; they didn't buy yarn as we do now; they had to prepare everything." -Magdalena López López, Weaver, Jolom Mayaetik #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on February 09, 2018.

Learn more about "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on January 31, 2018.

The muestrario on display was woven and embroidered as an updated, visual catalog by Magdalena López López from 2014-16. This larger tapestry contains more than 134 bands of pattern. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 30, 2018.

Magdalena López López, a master artisan from the village of Bayalemó in San Andrés Larráinzar, has woven a series of long and exquisite muestrario textiles. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 30, 2018.

Weavers keep sample textiles known as muestras as a reference to symbols and designs. Muestras vary in size and shape and may be passed down through generations. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 30, 2018.

Learn more about "#EmpoweringThreads: Textiles of #JolomMayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN This tweet was posted on January 20, 2018.

In 1996, the founding members of #JolomMayaetik fought to form their new cooperative for pressing reasons, including declining wages, rising costs of living, and mismanagement of government-run cooperatives they previously worked for. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 20, 2018.

Autonomous craft organizations provide artisans with a market for their goods. In Chiapas, weaving cooperatives also promote solidarity by creating a space for members to socialize and discuss current issues. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 20, 2018.

Learn more about "Empowering Threads: Textiles of Jolom Mayaetik" on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fiwRUXRpHN #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 11, 2018.

Contemporary huipil design in Oxchuc includes more complex embroidery, with additional detail added to vertical woven stripes and around the sleeves. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 11, 2018.

Traditional women’s huipiles from Oxchuc feature alternating red or purple and white woven stripes with multicolored rays embroidered around the neckline and blocks of contrasting color below. #EmpoweringThreads This tweet was posted on January 11, 2018.