MONICA URQUIJO

Materials

RESEARCH ON NATURAL FIBERS

Along the country in an investigative process, were rescuing natural fibres, respecting cultural traditions, finding new raw materials, and creating all this work, an innovative process that recognizes and protects their cultural identity content, will touch with the avant-garde creative designer.

One of the investigations that have achieved significant progress with regard to products made, is the banana. From that stem and innovative techniques rescued from the indigenous ancestors, there are fabrics produced by hand, reaching levels of quality, almost unexpected.


Palm	Plantain Leaf	Banana Fiber

Rattan	Linen and Cotton

THE WEAVING CULTURE IN COLOMBIA

Since long before Colonial Times, indigenous cultures settled in Colombian territory,such as the Muisca, Quimbaya and Tayrona, had weaving among aoung thait main activities, this is demonstrated through the elements found in archaeological excavations, and if stamps blankets, among other objects. It is clear that much of trade in those days as well as that of The Colony, hinged on textile production.

This textile production in Colombia remains from those times until today, which is generating increasing value not only nationally but internationally.

Textiles Monica Urquijo working with tissue culture for much of Colombia, product research and built relationships with communities in every corner national, in particular has worked with:

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Desert Weaves ( La Guajira)
This craft indigenous Wayúu community, settled in La Guajira, is the specific landscape, its desert climate and soils, which serve as a natural environment for ethnic groups that share a common ancestral culture, as evident in its rules, customs and their status socially and economically. The development of tissues is carried out by women, who are responsible for a diverse range of practices in looms or needles, to produce a wide variety of traditional items: backpacks, hammocks, hammocks, tassels, and ornaments, all highly colorful

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Weaves From San Jacinto (Bolívar)
Traversing the subregion of the Montes de Maria, shows a landscape of geographical elevations, different from the rest of the Colombian Caribbean coast, marked mostly by plains and savannahs. There are generated different agricultural practices and rich cultural events. One of the most recognized for its quality and beauty is the connective tissue. We weave hammocks, divisive, backpacks, curtains, belts, and all kinds of accessories, while at the same time are developed musical instruments such as bagpipes, drums, etc...

Weaves From The Zenú Culture
San Andrés de Sotavento y Tuchín, seat of indigenous communities in the department of Cordoba, an area full of fabric, which comes from the Montes de Maria and municipalities as Morroa and Sampués in the Department of Sucre. There vueltiao the hat, one of the objects of greater cultural value of the country, evidenced by the Mayan influence, through its forms and mathematical formulas required for their manufacture in cane arrow, is king. From this, they have developed new fabrics, all based on pre-Columbian culture.

Weaves From Santander
Estos tejidos en especial en Curití y Charalá, poblaciones donde gran parte de su población trabaja en estas labores, muestran territorios muy pintorescos donde se trabajan diversas fibras, en especial el fique, creando artículos llenos de colores que brillan en las montañas andinas, como tapetes, bolsos, lazos, canastos, etc.

Southern Cultures
The culture of St. Augustine, with its archaeological post in the country, as well as populations Obando, also provide an important development in tissue, the fique work there, from cultivation to the development of fine yarn, with highly developed techniques that allow finished top quality.

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Weaves From The Pacific
The basketry of the Colombian Pacific, is also of great cultural value, especially the indigenous communities and mestizo Chocoan manufactured with guérregue, a plant in this area-one of the most biodiverse regions in the world-whose fibre is singular importance, because of its malleability and strength, and that coupled with the management of dyes extracted from plants and creativity of the artisan, offers unique high quality and functionality..

Sandon also tissues in Narino, producer toquilla straw, testified of the fabric across the Colombian Pacific Coast.