ALEBRIJES |
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Jacobo
Angeles Ojeda & María del Carmen Mendoza
- (Oaxaca)
Alebrijes - carved wood figures. "Great
Masters of Oaxaca Folk Art" |
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Zeny
(Zenon) Fuentes - (Oaxaca) alebrijes
(carved wood animals) |
BOOKS |
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Artes de Mexico
- September 1988 was the first issue of the
Artes de Mexico encyclopedic book collection on Mexico, it's art and
culture. |
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Fomento Cultural
Banamex -
"The Great Masters of Mexican Folk
Art," "Great Masters of Latin America," Great Masters
of Oaxacan Folk Art" - all landmark books that will be available
for sale at the Feria. Currently this book is out of print and unavailable
through other channels. |
CERAMIC
FIGURES |
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Emilio
Barocio Yacobo - (Michoacán)
whimsical ceramic Catrinas |
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Alvaro
de la Cruz & Family - (Michoacán)
Extraordinary handmade ceramic catrinas
(skeleton figures dressed in finery) |
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Martin
Ibarra - (Jalisco) intricate
ceramic virgins and other ceramic pieces |
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Gerardo
Ortega López - (Jalisco)
the creative
and extraordinary barro betus (a pine resin applied to add
shine and brilliance to the piece) ceramics |
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Daniel
Paredes - (Puebla) intricately
painted figures, retablos, etc. |
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Magdalena
Pedro - (Oaxaca) incredibly
detailed monas (ceramic dolls) using in the unique Oaxaca
black pottery technique. "Great
Masters of Oaxaca Folk Art." |
CERAMICS |
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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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José
Luis Cortéz Hernández
- (Jalisco) extraordinary bruñido pottery |
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Nicolas Fabian Fermín
- (Michoacán) Barro bruñido ceramics |
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Elena
Felipe Felix & Bernardina Rivera
- (Michoacán) Jug-made
pottery towers. "Great Masters of Mexican
Folk Art." Elena Felipe Felix also appears in "Great Masters
of Latin America." |
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Guadalupe
García Rios - (Michoacán)
hi-fired unique ceramics of the highest quality |
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Juana
Gómez Ramírez - (Chiapas) intricate
ceramic jaguars, pots, and other ceramic items. "Great
Masters of Latin America." |
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Néstor
Omar Hernández Santiago - (Oaxaca)
barro modelado, decorado con engobe bruñido y esgrafiado
(molded pottery decorated in an unusual scratched style). "Great
Masters of Latin America." |
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Manuel
Jerónimo Reyes - (Michocán)
famous black ceramics from Santa Fe de la Laguna |
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Silvia
Martínez Díaz - (Oaxaca) pre-Hispanic
molded clay pottery often with asas (handles) |
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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 Quezada - (Chihuahua) famous
thin-walled pottery of Mata Ortiz/Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. |
CLOTHING/TEXTILES |
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Cooperative
Jolom Ancianos Mayetik - (Chiapas)
beautiful huipiles (blouses/dresses),
table runners and tablecloths, purses and other fine weaving. |
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Antonina Cornelio -
(Oaxaca) embroidered Mexican wedding dresses, blouses and more.
"Great Masters of Oaxaca Folk Art." |
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El
Jorongo - Ruth Mitchell de Aguilar - (Michoacán)
Hand woven rugs, sweaters, etc. |
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José
Flores - (Jalisco) original
clothing designs embroidered in silk and handmade leather purses and
shoes. |
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Teresa
López Jimenez - (Oaxaca) fabulous
hand-embroidered colorful designs embellish huipiles &
other fabric items. "Great
Masters of Latin America." (Also see David
Manuel Sanchez Díaz under Toys) |
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Camelia
Ramos Zamora and José Mancio - (México)
Hand wovenrebozos (shawls) |
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Teófila
and Bertha Servin Barriga - (Michoacán)
hand-embroidered clothing, scenes on
manta cloth and much more. |
CORNHUSK |
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Hermenegildo
Contreras Cruz - (Oaxaca)
corn husk works of art. "Great
Masters of Oaxaca Folk Art." |
DAY
OF THE DEAD |
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Sergio
Guerrero Rodríguez - (Oaxaca)
delicately crafted metal & acrylic figures
- Day of the Dead, etc. |
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Miguel
Paredes - (Puebla) whimsical
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) figures, boxes,
items that are becoming very difficult to find in Mexico. |
DOLLS/TOYS |
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Marcela
Hernández Mendez - (Chiapas)
handmade stuffed animals of Chiapan wool |
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Original
Friends - Women's Prison Project - (Jalisco)
cloth dolls elaborately decorated by women imprisoned in Mexico.
Read all about their newest program in Puerto Vallarta. |
FIBER/STRAW/PINE
NEEDLES |
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Artesanias
Zani - (Jalisco)
fine woven palm - jewelry, figures, etc.
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Tito
López Hernández - (Oaxaca)
pine needle baskets (pino cesta aguja)
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Roberto
Mejia Muñoz - (Mexico)
popotillo (straw) art |
FURNITURE |
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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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Rodolfo Rosas Hernández -
(Jalisco) mosaic mirrors |
GOURDS |
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Oligario
Hernández Mendoza - (Oaxaca)
gourds painted with fine craftsmanship. "Great
Masters of Latin America." |
HUICHOL |
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Huichol
Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts - (Jalisco)
incredible jewelry made from the tiniest seed
beads available, other bead and string work pressed into beeswax |
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Mariano
& Cilau Valadez - (Nayarit)
Huichol string and bead art |
JEWELRY |
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Artesanías Campesinas Cooperativa
- (Guerrero) jewelry cooperative made
up of rural Mexican women. |
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Instituto
Casa de Chiapas - (Chiapas)
amber jewelry |
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Cesar
Montes & Edith Albarron - (Michoácan)
finely crafted silver jewelry using many of the age-old Purepecha
designs |
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Arturo Salgado Vazquez
- (Oaxaca) filigree and cartoneado jewelry |
LACA/MAQUE |
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Graciela
Díaz Perez - (Chiapas) laca
(lacquer ware) using the lac or aje insect only
found in Chiapas |
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Paola
Rosendo - (Guerrero) beautiful lacquerware (mirrors,
boxes, gourds, animals and much more) |
MASKS |
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Gorgonio
Candelario Castro -
(Colima) traditional
handcarved wood masks. "Great Masters of
Mexican Folk Art." |
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Prudencio
Guzmán - (Jalisco) incredible
original designs ceramic masks. A member of Grupo Tradicional Tonalteca. |
METAL |
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Arturo
Cabrera & Edith Barajas Godoy -
(Guanajuato) metal sculptures |
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Ruth
Cortéz Rodríguez - (Guanajuato)
silvered Alpaca cutlery, boxes, jewelry, purses, etc. |
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La Bodega
- (Michoácan) finely crafted, hand hammered copper |
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José
Ojeda - (Jalisco) "world-famous"hand-crafted
knives. "Great
Masters of Mexican Folk Art," and "Great Masters of Latin
America." |
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Conrado
Villegas Alcázar - (Oaxaca)
tin ornaments and decorations in traditional styles. |
MISCELLANEOUS
ART |
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Instituto
Desarrollo Artesanal de Zacatecas - (Zacatecas)
a public agency assists individuals in low-income
areas by teaching them to craft textiles, jewelry, tooled leather
and rugs. |
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Projecto
Tarahumara - (Chihuahua) various
artwork made by the indigenous Tarahumara people of Chihuahua |
PAINTING |
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José
Manuel Robles - (Jalisco)
painter who expresses Mexican rural life in
his own unique style |
PAPER |
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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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Juventino
Díaz Celis - (Guerrero) amate
(handmade paper from te fig tree bark) |
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Pedro
Hernández Cruz - (Guanajuato)
papier maché |
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Julio
Laja Chichicaxtla, Leobardo Espiritu Rocha -
(Puebla) unbelievable handmade amate paper |
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Taller
Leñateros - (Chiapas) Mayan
Cooperative of Paper makers& Artists of Nature |
ROCK/STONE |
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J.
Ignacio Garcia Rosales - (Jalisco)
molcajetes and other hand carved items from volcanic rock |
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Mezhers
Onix - (Puebla) onyx and marble
household & decorative objects of all types |
TOYS |
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David
Manuel Sanchez Díaz - (Oaxaca)
wooden toys (See his wife, Teresa López Jímez, under
Clothing above) |
WEAVING
- RUGS/CARPETS |
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Rosario
Martínez Vasquez and Ernesto Maldonado González - (Oaxaca)
Hand woven rugs |
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Pedro
Mendoza Gutierrez -
(Oaxaca) hand woven rugs and carpets. "Great
Masters of Latin America." |
WOOD |
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Felipe
Benítez Miranda - (Guanajuato)
unusual Nahuatl alebrijes (carved wood animals) and
paintings |
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Francisca & Rodolfo Rodríguez - (Michoacán)
whimsical and creatively handmade wood nichos,
retablos, lifesize chairs |
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