Wax and wool

In small Mexican villages, the local residents make colourful yarn paintings by pressing wool into a mixture of bee’s wax and resin. Records the fluid convergence of yarn, wax and resin into a two-dimensional design of brilliant colour and beauty.

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Credits

director

Richard Raxlen

co-producer

Richard Raxlen

Tom Daly

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:09:55:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008448

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Developing countries

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of South America - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mexico - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - Mexico

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement

Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft

Crafts & Visual Arts → Textile crafts

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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Canada, 1976

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