Monday, 18 June 2012

"Ojo de Dios"

Not long ago, I found a tutorial on Etsy, on how to make a "Ojo de Dios"!
Now I have never seem one before, nor had I even heard of the thing!
But it was Bright, it was colourful and it was something I had never made/done before!
So it was fast added on my ever so long, "To Do List".

Now for some History about the Ojo de Dios- Gods Eye in Sanish!: (ifo taken from good old wikipedia!)
A God's eye is a yarn weaving and a Huichol spiritual object.
The Ojo de Dios or God's eye is a ritual tool, magical object, and cultural symbol evoking the weaving motif and its spiritual associations. For the Huichol peoples of western Mexico, the God's Eye is symbolic of the power of seeing and understanding that which is unknown and unknowable, The Mystery. The four points represent the elemental prosessus earth, fire, air and water.
The Ojo de Dios, or God's Eye, is a simple or complex weaving made across two or more sticks and is thought to have originated with the Huichol Indians of Jalisco, Mexico. The Huichol call their God's eyes Sikuli, which means "the power to see and understand things unknown." When a child is born, the central eye is woven by the father, then one eye is added for every year of the child's life until the child reaches the age of five. Original Huichol Crosses are extremely rare to come by. There are many that are being made for the tourist market, but they do not carry the same traditional and spiritual significance.

So on our last camping trip I had all I need to try to make my first one!
It took me a lot longer than expected to get it started, as this Tutorial I has did not really explain in full detail how to weave, nor how to really start!!
By the end of the day I had it going!  
It took me a while to get it all done, with many unwinding as really I had no clue about how to create designs and how to make it all work for me! But I am happy with the end result, and guess what I have now loads more wool, and am going to make a few more while on Holidays! Under the sun in Fiji!!!

Let me know if you think you might want a Tutorial!
Just comment below!!

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2 commentaires:

Rayos said...

I want a tutorial lol

Sarah M. said...

@Rayos
Hello Rayos,
I actually do have some DIY kits for sale if you would like!

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