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

Mixteca Series #16

1984 · Amate paper, palm fiber, and thread on undyed, unbleached plain weave linen

Overall: 35.6 x 27.9 x 1 cm (14 x 11 x 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oaxaca Series #9

1983 · Amate paper, ixtle fiber, clay beads, and thread on plain weave cotton canvas

Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm (10 x 8 x 1 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oaxaca Series #26

1982 · Amate paper, ixtle fiber, clay beads, and thread on undyed, unbleached plain weave linen

Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 x 4.5 cm (10 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Oaxaca Series #2

1981 · Amate paper, ixtle fiber, clay beads, and thread on plain weave cotton canvas

Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm (10 x 8 x 1 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mixteca Series #12

1980 · Amate paper, ixtle fiber, thread, and blue acrylic paint on undyed, unbleached plain weave linen

Overall: 35.9 x 28.3 x 3.2 cm (14 1/8 x 11 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Scroll Fragment

1980 · Ixtle and sisal fiber, cotton yarn: netting and knitting; wood base

Overall: 17 x 16.5 x 14.3 cm (6 11/16 x 6 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ishidoro

1977 · Jute fiber and cotton yarn: needle manipulation; wood base

Overall: 34.3 x 19.1 x 17.8 cm (13 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art