“This Mexican Natural Dyes second edition stands as the testimony of the richness in the contents of the book, which will be known and consulted as a referent for the present and future generations” Eduardo Antonio Chavez Silva • In its first edition, this book was awarded the Caniem Prize for Editorial Art in 2009. • The author is widely regarded as an expert in the art of traditional dyeing in Mexico and other countries. • The book is a work of research that creates equilibrium between the scientific contents and the oral Pre-Hispanic tradition, as well as the colonial The male and females cochineal of the ‘grana’. Tratado o memoria, sobre el documentary basis in Mexico. cultivo a beneficio de la Grana, José Antonio Alzate, 1777, Archivo General de la Nación. About the author Artist Leticia Arroyo Ortiz (Mexico, 1938) is specialized in painting, carving and dyed textiles techniques. She studied at the Arts and Design School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has graduate studies at the Arts School of Bucharest and the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Her work has been exhibited in several individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico and abroad. Author’s Awards Acquisition Prize Tapestry Biennale of the National Fine Arts Institution, 1980 Participation at the National Contest Object-Art Toy. José Luis Cuevas Museum, 1984 Medal and acknowledgement Juana Ramírez de Asbaje, 2003 Caniem Award for Editorial Art 2009, for the first edition of Mexican Natural Dyes: Their Appliance in Cotton, Henequen and Wool. 51 UNAM Foreign Rights 2015
UNAM Foreign Rights 2015
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