These cyanotype tapestries are experiments of a hybrid Retablo ofrenda; exploring tapestry, retablo ofrendas, and quilts with cyanotype imagery on natural fibers fabrics exploring archetypes of Ancestresses of my maternal Indigenous Central American lineage. My ancestors created tapestries illustrating their lives, history, stories, and visions. Through dreams and meditation, I have felt my ancestors as guardians of love and light, including ancestors I knew during this life and those I only know in my dreams. These tapestries bring the past into the present, with portraits of my ancestors, represented by myself, wearing different outfits to represent each ancestral archetype. Through these portraits, I am playing a role, a mirror, and an echo of my ancestors who live within me, and I who live within them. This is a project of acceptance, healing cycles, matriarchal wisdom, and stories created and restored.

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roots of my soul // raíces de mi alma // eni-k la-una