Even today, local markets are filled with locally-made bowls, plates and “cazuelas” actual cooking pots made of clay.
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Category: Creative hands of Mexico
Tzjon non, or people of the textiles: the huipil
The Amuzgo people are a small indigenous ethnic group located on the Guerrero/Oaxaca border, a region known as the Costa Chica.
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Growing pains at the Feria de Maestros
New vendors severely underestimate how much they will sell.
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The “non-ugly” Alebrijes
Buyo’s classic pieces are amalgams of real and imaginary creatures, usually with one dominating.
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Sweet Death
There is one tradition that truly blurs the line between edible and non-edible “handcrafts.”
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Texture and Color: The Drive Part 2
Although best known for the beaches of Acapulco, most of the state of Guerrero is a world away from nightclubs and ‘Spring Breakers’. Poor, mountainous and with inadequate infrastructure, most […]
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Creative Hands of Mexico: The Drive, Part 1
It is impossible to go straight into a talk about the beautiful lacquer ware of Olinalá without talking about just how isolated this community is. Olinalá is a small community […]
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Earth, bright colors and shape-shifters
The Vazquez family is one of Tonalá best-known families of traditional potters, specializing in barro brunido, but that does not mean that they shun innovation. The best-known family member now […]
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Straw art
One of the most amazing things about finely worked handcrafts is both the talent and patience needed to create them. Unfortunately, that talent and patience is not always rewarded with […]
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Weaving in San Juan Cancuc, Chiapas
Nestled in a highland valley about an hour outside San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, lies the small community of San Juan Cancuc. The inhabitants are indigenous Maya and speak their […]
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