The art of Zimbabwean basketry making its way to New Mexico [Video]

SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE. NEW MEXICO IS ALL ABOUT BLENDING CULTURES, AND IT’S BROUGHT TOGETHER A ZIMBABWE ARTIST AND A LOCAL WOMAN. PEYTON PELOSI SAT DOWN WITH THE DUO TO LEARN HOW THEY’RE WEAVING THEIR PATH INTO THE STATE’S ART SCENE. GOOD MORNING PEYTON. YEAH, ROYALE THESE BASKETS, THEY TAKE DAYS TO MAKE FROM THE HARVESTING PROCESS TO CLEANING THEM, BOILING THEM, DYEING THEM, AND THEN FINALLY WEAVING THEM, THEN GETTING THEM HERE TO NEW MEXICO TAKES A LOT OF TIME. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TRADITIONAL ZIMBABWEAN DANCE CAPTIVATES WITH RHYTHMIC MOVEMENTS. AND IN THEIR HANDS, PALM LEAVES THAT WILL TRANSFORM INTO BEAUTIFUL BASKETS. THIS IS EVA. I MAKE THE BASKETS BECAUSE IT’S MY PASSION AND ALSO IT’S MY TRADITION. SHE’S THE VISIONARY BEHIND IT ALL, LEADING A COLLECTIVE OF 73 WOMEN. EACH CONTRIBUTING THEIR SKILL TO MAKE THESE BASKETS. ALL OUR DYES ARE NATURAL. THE MOSSES HERE IN …