Carol Ann Lorenz first became interested in Maya textiles when she met Marines and Lydia Perez in 1978 as the couple and a Guatemalan backstrap weaver were on an educational tour of local colleges and ...

For more than 1500 years the basic technology of Maya weaving has remained the same. Contemporary Maya weavers still use the backstrap loom to create the dazzling textiles and clothing they wear today ...

Explore the amazing story of the Maya textile arts! Join Ana-Maria Zaugg of the Friends of the Ixchel Museum (FOIM) and Anthropologist Barbara Knoke as they discuss the act of weaving as a living ...

Jesus Cantu Medel will present a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 12, on a Mayan textile called a huipil during a reception at Cy-Fair College. The reception hours are 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the college, 9191 ...

Mayan Textile Art: The Huipil" opened yesterday at Cy-Fair College's Barker Cypress campus located at 9191 Barker Cypress Rd. The new exhibit, running through Oct. 26, features a collection of Mexican ...

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Marines Perez Santos is an unusual Maya weaver: He is male. As a child, Marines would help his mother prepare her backstrap loom for weaving by setting up the warp, or the set of threads placed ...