Full of Dreams in Life Bird cotton base cloth

cotton base cloth

member of the Santiago embroidery group

This connection allowed me to grow with a new tenderness toward myself and understand that healing doesn’t always mean changing—it can also mean remembering and honoring what has always been in our hearts

This work of art was designed and hand-stitched by Felix Felisa Velásco Castro de Gutiérrez

Full of Dreams in Life Bird cotton base clothIn my self portrait, I gaze toward the horizon, where the volcanoes awaken with the first light of dawn. Their powerful presence is bathed in radiant sunlighta light that touches all of us who live and labor on this land. It is a land shaped by the hands of hardworking people, where each day begins with hope, perseverance, and deep gratitudefor life and for family. My self portrait represents me as a woman full of dreams, and with a noble heart, a