#otomi

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a c.mm i fulfilled for Remehbered on twitter- I'm so proud to be able to paint this piece for them! Link and Zelda in traditional otomi attire.

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Otomi child's blouse, Mexico, by Carlos Ogaz

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Making the ancestors proud by learning traditional otomi embroidery ✨ Isn't it the cutest little caiman! 🐊

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My Family's Indigenous History

My family started on radically different sides of North and South America.

We don't know much about our South American ancestors, but we can trace our family back to a Quechua family that migrated to Mexico, mixing with several tribes I sadly don't remember the names of as they worked their way north.

But we know the last two hundred or so years on the Eastern Cherokee Band side. We were exiled in the trail of tears and made our way west (1800s), where we mixed with Navajo at the boarding schools and became mixed Navajo and eastern Cherokee Band (mid 1800s). We then were pushed into Mexico (late 1800s), where we mixed with an Otomi family that had mixed Nahua ancestry (1900s).

Then my grandparents illegally (🔥) came to America (mid-late 1900s) to escape poverty in the indigenous areas in Mexico. They worked hard labor on a farm and lived in a chicken coop before having fifteen children in a tiny house in one of the poorest parts of rural Ohio. And here my family is today, cut off from our tribal affiliations, rising up from generations of oppression, and very much still alive.

Tsinzi/siyo.

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[shetumbler]

✨ Every stitch tells a story…

This beautiful Tenango embroidery was created by my student, Soumya Sharma. Inspired by the centuries-old tradition of the Otomi people in Mexico, she stitched not just threads, but joy, patience, and imagination into fabric.

What makes Tenango so magical is how animals, plants, and dreams come alive through bold colors and rhythmic stitches. Soumya’s piece reminds us that embroidery is more than craft—it’s a way of carrying stories from one heart to another, across cultures and generations.

I’m so proud to share her work with you. Let’s celebrate the hands that keep these traditions alive, one stitch at a time.

Follow for more inspiring student works, free tutorials, and the stitches that make the world feel a little closer.

[panic-is-trying]

Semester in Review

ART DUMP 3

Bedside Gaurdian -

2025, Relief ink on paper, 8x14

Serene Disruption -

2025, Marker and colored pencil on paper, 26x22

vvv Progress + maniacal thoughts under cut vvv

Bedside Guardian -

This was for my first relief print assignment in my Intro to Printmaking class. I chose to use the optional theme of “Goes on and on” pretty loosely.

This was a bit ambitious for my first time carving, but I believe I did pretty well! I enjoyed the carving process actually way more than the printing process.

I had trouble maneuvering the printing aspect. The gloves get hot on the inside very easily, and combining it with the intensive ink rolling it turns into a gross sweaty sensory overload. Not to mention I haven’t yet mastered not getting ink on my bare hands at any point in printing.

Critiques for this piece were mainly the salt and peppering in some areas of the print, which is an easy fix now that I’m a little better at rolling on ink. That and the clarity of line in certain areas like the arm connecting to the torso. I’m quite proud of this piece and would love to revisit it.

Serene Disruption -

This piece was for Works on Paper, and it was self directed (do whatever you want). So obviously I drew CREATURES.

I honestly had a lot of fun making the composition and less fun putting it into practice. I didn’t have the time or motivation to add any sort of tree foliage so I just decided to cut it out and make that look intended. If I could go back to it, I’d use a different medium like acrylic or watercolor.

The goal was to simply make a peaceful scene with a bunch of “monsters”, something that should be abnormal to the human eye but is perfectly usual to the characters in the piece itself. I also was thinking of a The Wild Robot esque moment where opposing forces come together for a night of safety.

My class loved this piece during critique, they didn’t really have much issue with it besides maybe the color being unnecessary since my strong suit is black, white and optical grey. They said they wanted to see more textures akin to the grooves of the trees, and that I should lean into Japanese printmaking styles more because it’s something I’m successful at.

Very cool

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