Artist Profile

Guatemala Inspire Shawl
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Mateo Velasquez Lopez was born in La Estancia de Quiche, El Quiche. Mateo grew up in Santa Cruz del Quiche He learned to weave at a young age with his father, Filiberto Velasquez Aguilar. Mateo’s father wove traditional Guatemalan corte, or traditional fabric worn as a skirt by indigenous women. Mateo immigrated to the United States in 2008, with his wife Terese Maineri de Velasquez who served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. In Connecticut, Mateo constructed the wooden floor loom he used with his father in Santa Cruz. Now in Connecticut, Mateo adapted his weaving style to use thread found in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The outcome fabric ideal for table runners and scarfs

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