Huichol Yarn Art - composed in color

:: soap box ::

mini canvas

An Artist's Soap Box Life # 3

This altered soap box was inspired and created using a method called- 

Yarn Art or known as Huichol (pronounced Wee-chol) yarn painting.

Huichol people, once nomadic descendents of the Aztecs.

The yarn paintings were originally intended as ceremonial offerings to the Spirits to insure a bountiful harvest.

 Yarn paintings continue today as a testament to their religious and cultural beliefs. Filled with the iconography of their organizing mythology, these compositions are teeming with color and life.

 materials needed for this project:

soap box

masking tape

acrylic paint

matte 

yarn

wire

embellishments

Here is a video on creating Yarn Art.

Enjoy!