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Marco Abarca
-(Oaxaca) - retablos (decorative boxes) |
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Salvador
Aguirre - (Jalisco)
incredible art made of obsidian |
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Alfareros de Patamban - (Michoacán)
handpainted ceramic cooperative using daily rural life as their inspiration |
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Jacobo
Angeles Ojeda & María del Carmen Mendoza
- (Oaxaca) Alebrijes - carved wood figures |
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Arte Amuzgo - Odilon Merino Morales - (Oaxaca) incredible handwoven huipiles (woman's blouse worn long or short) |
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Arte Papel Vista Hermosa S.C. de R.L. de C.V. - (Oaxaca) handmade paper jewelry |
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Mauro Azua - (San Luis Potosi)
fused glass — plates, etc. — incredible and unique |
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Enrique
Badillo Aguilar - (Guanajuato) tinsmith
extraordinaire |
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Emilio
Barocio Yacobo - (Michoacán)
handcarved wood alebrijes |
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Felipe
Benítez Miranda - (Guanajuato)
unusual Nahuatl alebrijes (carved wood animals) and
paintings |
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Mario Casimiro Téllez, José Hernández Garcia & Carlos Herndández García - (Michoacán)
handcarved wood furniture |
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Enedina
and Eliseo Castillo Castillo - (Michoacán)
Traditional handcarved wood masks, religious
objects, Catrinas and much more |
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Roberto Castro Hernández - (Michoacán)
hand-hammered copper |
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Centro
de Integración Tapalpa, A.C.
- (Jalisco) this school is dedicated to
nurturing the artistic, creative and academic potential of special-needs
children - Papelmalecho, paper maché over recycled garbage |
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Natalio Chichipan Estrada - (Michoacán)
ceramics - terracotta and white, blanco y negro (black and white), barro bruñido (burnished) and alta temperatura (high-fire) |
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Cocucho
- (Michoacán) this
distinctive and easily recognized pottery comes from a remote Purépecha
Indian village in the state of Michoacán. |
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Corporación
Equipales SC de RL - (Jalisco)
a cooperative of families in Zacoalco de Torres working together making
incredible equipales |
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José
Luis Cortéz Hernández
- (Jalisco) extraordinary bruñido pottery |
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Ruth
Cortés Rodríguez - (Guanajuato)
silvered Alpacca cutlery, boxes, jewelry, purses, etc. |
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Roberta (Berta) Cruz
- (Oaxaca) alebrijes (whimsical handcarved wood figures) |
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Alvaro de la Cruz & Family
- (Michoacán) Extraordinary handmade ceramic catrinas (skeleton figures dressed in finery) |
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Miguel Fabian Pedro -
(Oaxaca) the famous barro negro (black) pottery of San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca |
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José Flores -
(Jalisco) original clothing designs embroidered in silk and handmade
leather purses and shoes. |
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Delfina
Garcia Hernandez
- (Oaxaca) very fine embroidery including earrings and other accent pieces |
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Guadalupe
García Rios - (Michoacán)
Hi-fired unique ceramics of the highest quality |
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J. Ignacio Garcia Rosales - (Jalisco) molcajetes and other handcarved items from volcanic rock |
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Adrian González López Elpidio - (Oaxaca)
unusual and unique items handmade from totomoxtle (cornhusks) |
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Pedro
Hernández Carlos - (Michoacán)
The famous pineapple (piña) pottery
taken to a new level by this creative artist. |
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Pedro
Hernández Cruz - (Guanajuato)
papier maché |
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Huichol
Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts -
(Jalisco) incredible jewelry made from the tiniest seedbeads
available, other bead and string work pressed into beeswax |
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Zenaida Lazo Hernández - (Oaxaca)
velas (candles) |
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Julio
Laya Chichicaxtla, Leobardo Espiritu Rocha
- (Puebla) unbelievable handmade
amate paper |
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Marío
Lopez - (Michoacán)
furniture, lamps, all types of items made
from the natural reed called chuspata |
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Rocio
Luna Moreno & José G. Espinoza -
(Michoacán) Wood
retablos, finely painted ceramic masks |
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Fidel
Martínez Martínez - (Oaxaca) Figures from the famous barro negro (black) pottery
of Oaxaca |
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Isabel
Mendoza - (Jalisco) Isabel's
grandfather was one of the originators of straw art - straw is pressed
into beeswax in the form of a painting or cuadra |
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Pedro Mendoza Gutierrez - (Oaxaca) handwoven rugs and carpets |
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Martina Navarro de Saint Phalle
- (Michoacán)
Wood and guaje (a kind of hollowed,
broad-based gourd) using the technique called macque (natural
earth pigments) to decorate the pieces. |
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Original Friends - Women's Prison Project - (Jalisco)
handmade cloth dolls |
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Patti
Orozco Casarea and Enrique Urincho -
(Michoacán) breathtaking
and unique handwrought copper jewelry |
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Angel
Ortiz Gabriel & Angel Ortiz Arana -
(Jalisco) barro
bruñido (burnished pottery). Both are members of Grupo
Tradicional Tonalteca. |
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Miguel
Paredes - (Puebla)
whimsical Día de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead) figures, boxes, items that are becomming very difficult
to find in Mexico. |
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Dra.
Magdalena Pedro Martínez -
(Oaxaca) Monas de barro negro - figures of women in regional Oaxacan costumes
made out of the famous black clay of Oaxaca |
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Don Emilio Pinto Escobar - (Colima)
Rangeliano-style nacimientos (nativity scenes) and ceramics. |
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Puerta del Cielo Cooperativa - Marco Antonio Martínez - (Michoacán) cooperative representing exquisite madonnas/virgins/angels handmade from paper maché, unique one-of-a-kind jewelry |
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Zenaida Rafael Julian - (Michoacán) whimsical handcrafted ceramic creatures from the mountain puebla of Ocumicho |
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Juan
José Ramos Medrano - (Jalisco)
The creative and extraordinary barro
betus (a birch resin applied to add shine and brillance to the
piece) ceramics |
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Pedro Ramos Morales - (Jalisco)
Pre-Hispanic ceramic reproductions including technico plumbate, which turns the pottery black. |
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Camelia
Ramos Zamora and José Mancio
- (México) Handwoven
rebozos (shawls) |
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José Manuel Robles - (Jalisco) painter who expresses Mexican rural life in his own unique style |
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Francis & Rodolfo Rodríguez - (Michoacán)
whimsical and creatively handmade wood nichos,
retablos, lifesize chairs |
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Paola
Rosendo - (Guerrero) beautiful
lacquerware (mirrors, boxes, gourds, animals and much more) |
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Luis
& José Ruíz Ramírez -
(Jalisco) Huichol shaman chairs called
uwene and unique Huichol jewelry |
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Arturo Salgado Tellez - (Oaxaca) Filigree and cartoneado jewelry |
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Flora
Maria Sánchez Arias - (Chiapas/Jalisco)
silver and amber jewelry with an "old-Mexico"
flare |
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José
Luis Serrano Carrillo - (Mexico)
Arboles de la Vida (Trees of Life) |
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Teófila and Bertha Servin Barriga - (Michoacán)
hand-embroidered clothing, scenes on manta
cloth and much more. |
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Tribes Mixes - (Oaxaca)
incredible handcarved wood alebrijes. |
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Diego Valles and Carla Martínez - (Chihuahua)
the "world famous" thin-walled pottery of Mata Ortiz |
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Enedina Vásquez - (Oaxaca) Ceramics
of natural earthtones |
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Guadalupe (Lupita) Vega Velázquez - (Jalisco) bordados (embroidery) — extraordinary designs made in her flawless technique |
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Vida Nueva Cooperativa
(Weaving Rugs & Carpets - Creating opportunities for Zapotecan women) - cooperative of only women who hand-weave rugs and carpets |
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Zegache - Talleres Comunitarios - (Oaxaca) cooperative that handcrafts mirrors and other objects based on historical data gathered in restoration work |
