Guadalupe

about the collection

Born from Bethan Laura Wood’s archive of “public patterns” collected during her travels, Guadalupe celebrates the Mexican Culture by evoking the graphical motifs of the stained-glass windows of The New Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

During her voyage to Mexico, Bethan visited one of the most visited religious sites in world: The New Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez in 1974. Captured by the graphical shapes of its stained-glass windows, she worked with cc-tapis to interpret these shapes with a subtle nod to traditional Otomi embroideries, developing a rhythmic and expressive pattern applied to rugs and one wall hanging made with the finest natural materials such as Himalayan wool, linen, silk and aloe.

By exploring the world, Bethan constantly absorbs details from the environment around her. A physical immersion into different cultures and urban cityscapes, creating a personal archive of colors and textures to life, which she applies to her designs with surprising symbols and details.