Genealogía de la Cesta II (Genealogy of the basket II)

The work takes part of a group of works that aims to relate shapes and designs inspired in pottery and textiles from pre-Columbian America with contemporary industrial shapes. This work was woven in wicker, a creole plant imported to the Paraná delta at the end of the 19th century to stimulate the economic activity of the islands. I explore shapes from different ways of production (handcrafted and industrial) with creole fibers and indigenous designs to generate bonds between past and present and delve into the multiple origins of our Latin American identity and the consequences that the political and economic processes have in the development of crafts and the construction of symbolic capital.