Beiju Center Table from Xingu Collection

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Beiju Center Table from Xingu Collection

About the Item

A tribute to Mehinako women. All Mehinako traditions move me. The exchange system called Moitará, through which exchanges between villages are made, allows women to purchase ceramic pieces that are placed over the fire, supported on three bricks, to prepare their typical food, the cassava beiju. This moment was also revered at Mesa Beiju, carved in solid cabreuva and balanced on "bricks" also made of wood, paying homage to the work of women, not only in food, but also in the elaboration of tiny beads necklaces used in their rituals. About the Xingu collection Developed in partnership with Mehinako artisans, in Alto Xingu, a line of products created by Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros arise from the meeting of the past and the future to build a new present It is amazing how vision, after immersive experiences in ancestral cultures, begins to have a greater sensitivity to see new ways of bringing our origin to contemporary world. It is along this path that Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros, artist, researcher and founder of Yankatu, travels. With her soul absorbed by the profound experiences of the places she goes through, Maria Fernanda, in her own way, captures a dose of each learning experience, bringing to surface revelations in form of pieces filled with value, as a manifest for the benefit of Brazilian identity. “Each trip I make, I become humbler, I perceive differences from new angles, relearning to see and understand meanings through the other's place”, explains the artist. For the new Xingu Collection, process could not be different; however, it had unusual circumstances in its development. The collection arose from the encounter between Maria Fernanda and the Mehinako ethnicity, located in the Kaupüna village, in Upper Xingu, south of Amazon Forest, at the end of last year. “Xingu is born from an encounter between past and future, but is established in the present, proposing new ways of looking at tradition, with the respect and admiration that it deserves, while using technology to maintain communication in times of isolation ”, says Maria Fernanda, who, due to new practices since the beginning of pandemic in the world, was unable to return to Kaupüna village to continue the studies and production process. This unprecedented protocol in the dynamics made Maria Fernanda find new ways of interacting with the village artisans. The weaving techniques classes that she would have in loco were transformed into recorded videos and sent over the internet; with the help of Kulikyrda Mehinako, an artist and one of the community representatives, Maria Fernanda developed a new color chart, extracted from leaves and barks of native trees found in the reserve, with the aim of rescuing the full potential of Xingu, counting on Maibe Maroccolo, in Brasília, to extract these shades and make dye pigments to color the cotton threads used on the mats produced by the Kaupüna village’s women. “This project has a special taste, as persistence and creativity united Yankatu and the Kaupüna village in its development, despite the obstacles imposed by reality. The yarns dyed by Mattricaria with the raw material harvested by Kulikyrda arrived here and there and, even at a distance, Mehinako women and I were together weaving a new story: they produce a mat with buriti in the village, and I, in São Paulo, learn from them and also weave a mat with small Cabreuva wood cylinders”, comments Maria Fernanda. To develop the pieces of the collection, Maria Fernanda was inspired by the objects and everyday elements of Mehinako people.

Creator:
Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Diameter: 47.25 in (120 cm)
Style:
Arts and Crafts (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Beads,Wood,Hand-Knotted,Woodwork
Place of Origin:
Brazil
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
2020
Production Type:
New & Custom(One of a Kind)
Estimated Production Time:
Available Now
Condition:
Seller Location:
Jundiaí, BR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU3188122163712