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Wence Martinez describes himself as a weaver, designer, and colorist. His life at the loom combines his Zapotec heritage with over 55 years of weaving experience to create contemporary tapestries. Landscapes, beadwork, and tribal patterns inspire his geometric designs. He relies on the foundational training he received from his family in Teotitlán and in formal studies in Mexico City to elevate basic materials and processes into fine art.
Martinez uses traditional floor-pedal looms and hand-spun, hand-dyed Churro wool, incorporating the Gobelins technique. He purchases Churro wool from the same spinners his family has used for generations and expresses his love of color by hand-dying it with indigo, lichen, pecan, cochineal, pericón, pomegranate, goldenrod, and aniline dyes that complement the wool’s natural range of tones.
