Patrones compositivos de la flora medicinal de las culturas ancestrales de Chimborazo aplicado a bordados textiles.

Abstract

The research objective was to design compositional patterns inspired by the medicinal flora of the Puruhá and Cañaris ancestral cultures in Chimborazo province applied to textile embroidery. Considering the traditions and the cultural contribution of ancient medicine, a documentary was developed about the creation of modular patterns; through descriptive and bibliographic research, data was collected by applying interviews and field visits to three shamans or healers and a seller of medicinal species allowing to determine the main medicinal species used within this sector. Afterward, in the design stage, Bruce Archer's methodology was used to let the materialization of the compositional products; it was complemented with the methodology of the Ecuadorian designer Vanessa Zúñiga Tinizaray for the creation of compositional modules, proposing the modular patterns of ten species corresponding to five medicinal categories such as various pains, infections, wounds, digestive system disorders and inflammations; these modules are composed of organic and geometric interpretive forms of the characteristic elements of each species, its application within the Processing software gave compositions of modular patterns. The graphic proposals applied in textile embroidery on specific supports such as t-shirts, caps, sweaters, and stockings, where simple and complex ornamental compositions of the five medicinal categories were applied, thus concluding the relationship of traditions and the ancestral sphere as an important point in people life since the current generations are unaware of this information; for this reason, the information corresponding to the medicinal flora must be appropriated and introduced in the best way as part of the tradition.