Center Photograph is the weaving our artists have been asked to replicate.
This custom weaving was commissioned to recreate the cover of the Rolling Stones hit album "Tattoo You". The detail is fantastic! Black, white and grey shading can be very difficult to work with. Needless to say the customer was very happy with this custom weaving.
Perhaps our most unique business service is the creation of custom weavings. The skill at which the Zapotec can replicate any design is unsurpassed. While custom weavings take more time generally the end result is well worth the wait. The attention to detail and the desire to keep the customer satisfied is the main reason I have chosen the specific weavers I work with to complete my custom orders.

There are many elements which effect the price of a special order from complexity of design, the use of custom colors and even the type of yarn to be used. The weavers and I go over the details of a custom weaving before we quote the customer a price. The whole process is very exciting and the weavers love to produce these custom orders to broaden their artistic skills and recreate designs that may influence their own designs or color choices in the future. They have even been asked to weave geometric imperfections into a design, particularly in the Navaho custom orders to make the weaving look more authentic. Textile professionals would be hard pressed to tell the difference between a Navaho and a Zapotec Replica.


 The Custom Order Weaving Process
Jose Chavez Sosa working on a 7 x 10 ft. custom order rug. The hundreds of warp cords give an idea of just how complex of an undertaking this weavings was.
Jose Chavez Sosa cutting a new custom rug off his loom. Jose just finished completing this special order rug for Accents West when I arrived from Texas.
An experienced weaver here carefully picks out his colors of yarns as he plans his next weaving.

The finished rug displayed for final inspection before being flown to the States. This particular weaving was unbelievably precise. All of the lines and color shadings were perfect. The weaver had an unusual process for keeping his weavings lines straight and the rug tight during the weaving process. He used a car tire jack on the wheel of his loom to keep the tension as tight as possible. A custom weaving commission like this will cost approximately $1150. This particular weaving contains a Jose Sosa Signature Design.


Pictured here is Josefina Jimenez perhaps the only full-time female weaver in Oaxaca. I should mention it was rare for women of Teotitlan del Valle to be full-weavers before the 1970's. Traditionally women were given the duties of carding, spinning and washing the wool in addition to their family duties. Now women take an active part in weaving though there are still few full time weavers.
The variation of colors and shades in this complicated pattern are beautiful. A rug that would go anywhere with any decor. This was woven by Efron Lazano and is a 7 x 10 custom order for a lawyer in Fort Worth.
Gutierrez family holds up completed custom order rug for accents west
Proudly standing by a recently completed special order is Manager Armando Gutierrez and a local weaver of the Casa of Felipe Gutierrez. I do a large number of my special orders with this family and have been personal friends with them for years.
For more information on placing a special order please click the ordering button here for additional information.
Please take a look at some fine examples of the many exquisite custom orders we have had the priviledge of  commissioning through the years.