A “god’s eye” or ojo de dios” is a traditional South American spiritual weaving. (For more history see Wikipedia), but many of us have created these as small children at school.
I can see the spiritual side of these as they are very meditatative to create, but mostly I just love the bright colours and general woolliness of them!
I’m sure you have all made these at some point, but here is a quick run down of the how:
The little ones I made with craft sticks and variegated wool or three or four different colours of wool.
But I also played with using twigs. It’s fascinating how the organic shapes of the branches changes the shape of the weaving.
I hung them up in the bathroom to brighten it up a bit.
Very interesting, I have never seen these being made before, thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome Bernadette! I grew up with them, even though I’m not South American, so I sort of assumed everyone else did too. Glad I could share a little nugget of knowledge with you x
Hi … I am new to this too – things like that fascinate me … and your pieces look great on the wall! 🙂
Thank you very much! I love this sort of thing too ☺️
Hey, this is so great!
Just to clarify, this is not from South America but from Central America (Mexico, to be precise).
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank you for the clarification!