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Rugs, Wall Hangings and Pottery

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At the corner of Alvaro Obregon and Abel Salgado, San Patricio-Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico you will find one of the most interesting shops in the area. The shop is just in front of Saint Parick's church.
Reynaldo Vazquez and his wife Teresa Gutierrez along 
with two of their three children Jessica and Reynaldo, Jr. run 
this wonderful shop.


The rugs that you find in the shop are made in Oaxaca by the family and
brought to be sold here in the Melaque area in December. The family normally 
returns home in March.

The "tapetes" are made of 100% lambs wool that the family cuts, combs, 
spins, dyes and then weaves. The dyes are natural dyes that the family 
prepares from local insects, plants and flowers. These tapetes are not 
factory made. Although some may be similar, no two are identical since they 
are each individually designed and made. The designs and processes have 
been passed from generation to generation.

Reynaldo is the producer of the traditional Zapotec designs while Teresa is 
the main weaver of the products. You will see that no one is exclusive to 
any one part of the process
 
Each of the medium sized rugs takes approximately 
two weeks of work to produce. These are hand made, 
hand produced works of art that would be appropriate 
in any home. Buy one, take it home and love it.