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Cielo Tejido
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The Cielo Tejido foundation is a civil association of women from Etzatlán, Jalisco, Mexico, who use Traditional Mexican Crochet handwork techniques to build monumental artworks in public spaces.[1][2]
In its cultural emphasis, Cielo Tejido holds some kinship with the US Chicano art movement of the 1960s, and the practice of many Chicano artists, in its support of community, traditional heritage, vernacular or folk practice and art forms stemming from indigenous domestic environments.
Mexican crochet including the Malla crochet of the Yucatán has a long and honourable history within Mexican culture [3][4] and the various types of Textiles of Mexico.[5][6][7][8]
Awards
[edit]In 2019, Cielo Tejido (which translates as 'Woven Sky') was awarded a Guinness World Record for incorporating the largest handmade crochet pavilion in the world, made with more than 2,800 square meters of thread, exhibited on the main streets of Etzatlán.
In 2022, Cielo Tejido surpassed their record by creating an installation measuring more than 8,000 meters covering the historical center of their town.[9]
International works
[edit]By 2024–2025, the collective numbered over 200 women, when they embarked on a tour of Canada.[10][11]
Cielo Tejido collaborated with the Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero on the Mexican Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. There they wove a facade of more than 1,500 square meters to represent the sun and signifying the world's reawakening after the confinement caused by the covid pandemic.
They have also exhibited at Burning Man, Nevada, US, the Milwaukee Mexican Fiesta (2022 and 2025),[12] in Argentina and in 2025, at the Grand Narthex hall of the Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium.
Founders
[edit]Cielo Tejido was founded in 2014 by Lorena Don and her mother Concepción Siordia, known as Paloma, with the motto "United, we are stronger.” The aim of the collective is to showcase, across its urban interventions, the cultural and artistic legacy spearheaded by the female talent of Etzatlán.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cielo Tejido: The Art of Etzatlán". Art and History Museum Belgium.
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- ^ "The Ancestral Roots of Mexican Crochet". emmiknithandmade.
- ^ T Schmiege (10 July 2019). "A Great Old Mexican Yarn, the story of Hilos Omega". Interweave.com.
- ^ McGlothin, Rylee (21 December 2025). "Evolution of Mexican fabrics in fashion". The Style Tribune.
- ^ Mendoza-Clarke, Sofia (18 April 2025). "Mexican Textile Art, History, Techniques and Cultural Significance". WhySoMexico.com.
- ^ "Mexican Embroidery". V&A Museum London. 17 April 2024.
- ^ Russell, Michelle. "Artisans Craft Ribbon into a unifying 'social fabric'". CPMA.org.
- ^ "Cielo Tejido Exclusive Canadian Tour". Cobalt Connects.
- ^ Henriquez Stoikow, Gabriela (25 October 2024). "A Massive Mexican fabric installation lights up the skies over Brookhaven". 285 South.
- ^ "Creating Mexican Fiesta at Summerfest". Journal Sentinel Online.
- ^ Pint, John (3 March 2022). "The record-breaking female crocheters of Etzatlán". The Guadalajara Reporter.