Their name (Moirai) comes from the ancient word “μείρομαι” meaning to share, so they also in the myth gave to each human what was due to him - his share in life.

There were three. Clotho who wove the fortunes of life, Lachesis (from the verb “λαγχάνω”), who pulled the thread defining the events of life, and Atropos (from the adjective “άτροπος” i.e. rigid - irreversible, unchanging), who cut the thread of life and defined death.

The same story also exists in Roman mythology, they appeared with the same roles as Fata or Parcae (with individual names Clotho - Nona, Lachesis - Decima and Atropos - Morta) and in Scandinavian as Norn (with individual names Urd, i.e. what has become , Verdandi, that which is done and Skuld, that which must be done).

This trilogy deals with life and death so its colors are mortal. The Tibetan women, from different photographs selected for the compositions, were dressed in natural dyes prepared in the kitchen at home and filtered from their organic remains with French coffee filters. The papers used for the compositions were these French coffee filters as well as tea bags. Over time the colors will change as they oxidize with the atmosphere, some faster some slower and some not at all, and so the work will be alive while dying.

Herbal dyes from fresh walnut, turmeric, Laurus nobilis seed, ligustrum, myrtle, beetroot, black bean, vine charcoal, black tea, indigo leaf, bougainvillea flower, hibiscus, rice, avocado seed, cocoa, coffee, saffron, gum arabic, clove . Coffee filters, teabags, paper made from banana leaves. 

Sheep wool from Thrace.

(In this illustration Clotho is in all three images on the left, Lachesis on the right and Atropos in the middle.)