Living in Color! - Textiles of Chile and at Home with Our Sentimental Souvenir
It's fall ya'll and I'm back from a blogging hiatus. This past spring, I did a road trip adventure through a region of Chile. Of course I couldn't get enough of the textiles and art. We've started a tradition of collecting fabrics from our travels to make throw pillows for our sofa. It keeps us surrounded in our colorful memories!
I love that this shopping instantly made us dive into the story of these native people and their craft. It gave us an appreciation for these artists and the lands they inhabit. There's a strong chance you and I have seen copies and reproductions of their work pop up in mass market chain stores without even knowing it.
It's fall ya'll and I'm back from a blogging hiatus. This past spring, I did a road trip adventure through a region of Chile. Of course I couldn't get enough of the textiles and art. We've started a tradition of collecting fabrics from our travels to make throw pillows for our sofa. It keeps us surrounded in our colorful memories!
In Chile, we were on the hunt for an authentic Mapuche textile. The Mapuche are one of the most native indigenous inhabitants, and are best known for their wool textiles. Chile is home to some of the finest wool in the world and the Mapuche have long woven this wool into fine ponchos and home furnishings.
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| Source: http://vidamapuche.blogspot.com/2010/ |
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| Source: http://vidamapuche.blogspot.com/2010/ |
So many beautiful things, I wish we could have bought them all!
Ponchos and high quality wool everywhere!
Color inspiration overload!
Another fun shopping stop was a cultural center and local artist collective in Licanten.
We were excited to also find an awesome coffee stop next door after being on the road all day. For a girl who enjoys a proper coffee moment, they don't really offer to-go options, hehe. You have to sit and have your coffee! They served ours in a pottery native to Chile, mostly produced in the village of Pomaire; which we later learned eating and drinking throughout our trip.
We picked out this beautiful green Mapuche textile for our pillow.
Floor time! I am a total floor person, so I made this pillow big and full to double as a cozy floor cushion.
We are loving what this tradition adds to our home. Live in color friends!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a lovely week!
*Check out this old post about our sentimental souvenirs :)
http://erinelsie.blogspot.com/2014/04/sentiment-and-souvenirs.html
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