FB904 Mayan Back-Strap Weaving With Concepcion Poou Coy Tharin
Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! The ancient Mayan art of back-strap weaving is a delicate and beautiful art form, highly portable (you can tie it to any post, tree, […]
Concepcion Poou Coy Tharin, or Concep for short, is Mayan Q’eqchi’, from a small village named Samac outside of the city of Coban in Guatemala. She is a master back-strap weaver, taught by her mother and sister and specializes in an intricate lace-like white-on-white style of weaving called picb’il. She has given workshops at New College of Sarasota and the Weedon Island Preserve and is dedicated to promoting Mayan weaving and culture.
Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! The ancient Mayan art of back-strap weaving is a delicate and beautiful art form, highly portable (you can tie it to any post, tree, […]
Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! The ancient Mayan art of back-strap weaving is a delicate and beautiful art form, highly portable (you can tie it to any post, tree, […]
Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! The ancient Mayan art of back-strap weaving is a delicate and beautiful art form, highly portable (you can tie it to any post, tree, […]
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