Category: Creative hands of Mexico

It is interesting to note that a number of women have been in the forefront of the rise and transformation of Oaxacan handcrafts, pottery in particular. The work of these […]

The center of just about any community, large or small, in Mexico is its local Catholic church. I cannot tell you how many times I oriented myself in car, public […]

  Compared to the United States, Mexico has very little in the way of lakes. The largest is Lake Chapala on the Michoacán/Jalisco border. But perhaps the most culturally significant […]

On a recent visit to the pottery town of Dolores Hidalgo, we inquired at the local tourist office for a recommendation of a producer to visit. Without hesitation, the answer […]

A weekend with wine, cheese and handcrafts tossed in Tequisquiapan, or Tequis for short, is a small, but growing town in southern Querétaro state. It is an easy 2.5 hour drive […]

Mario Agustin Gaspar is recognized as a grand master of Mexican folk art. He has won various awards from his home state of Michoacán and has even traveled to the […]

  After the Conquest, the Spanish introduced many European technologies to what is now Mexico. However, not all were completely new. Amate paper had been produced in Mesoamerica for centuries […]

The panels embroidered by Teofila Servin Barriga and her family are both simple and sophisticated at the same time. Most of the embroidery consists of highly stylized people, animals and […]

  Most of us who get hooked on Mexican handcrafts and folk art begin with the typical tourist markets selling trinkets to tourists, with the colors and novel forms as […]