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Friday, April 9, 2010

Huichol Yarn Paintings

Huichol Yarn Painting or Yarn Paintings are from the Huichol people who inhabit North Central Mexico.  The Huichol people originally made yarn paintings as an offering to the spirits to ensure a big harvest.  Now, the yarn paintings mostly serve as a decorative art form with their bright colors and symbolic images.  

Below my fifth graders designed their own unique yarn paintings with collaged backgrounds.