Artworks · Evelyn Svec Ward

Viento y Sol (Wind and Sun)

1987 · Linen, plain weave; applied gold leaf, Mexican hand-made paper (amate) and zacate root; embroidered with bast fibers (ixtle) and cotton

51.3 × 41.2 cm (20 1/4 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oaxaca Series #3

1982 · Cotton, plain weave; Mexican hand made paper (amate); laid ixtle fibers couched with cotton

26 × 20.9 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mixteca Series #1

1982 · Linen, plain weave; applied Mexican hand- made paper (amate); laid palm fibers couched with cotton

36.3 × 28.7 cm (14 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago