Kevin February 23rd, 2013
Tags: alibrijes, art walk, Colectika, Ethnic Art, Jacobo Angeles Ojeda, Jacobo Angeles Ojeda y Maria del Carmen Mendoza, Mexican Folk Art, Mexico, natural paints, oaxacan folk art, Oaxacan wood carving, Peyote People, Peyote People Puerto Vallarta
Kevin March 3rd, 2012
Please join us on March 7th
at COLECTIKA-Ancestral Contemporary Art Gallery #858 Guadalupe Sanchez, corner
of Allende as we present Jacobo and Maria Angeles, the famous wood carvers from
San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca.
As part of the traditional Wednesday night ART WALK, a cocktail reception
will be held from 6-10pm. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet two of the most
collected artists from Oaxaca demonstrate their wood carving skills and how they create the natural paints that
make their pieces even more sought after by collectors. Jacobo and Maria will
also be in the gallery on the 8th and 9th from to demonstrate their work answer
any questions you may have.
For more information please call 222-2302 or email peyotepeople@yahoo.com
Tags: alibrije, art walk, art walk puerto vallarta, copal wood, copal wood carving, folk art, gallery puerto vallarta, indigenous paint, Jacobo and Maria Angeles, Jacobo Angeles Ojeda, Jacobo Angeles Ojeda y Maria del Carmen Mendoza, jjacobo y maria angles, mitla, natural paints, oaxacan folk art, Oaxacan wood carving, old town art walk, Peyote People, Puerto Vallarta, Wood Carving, zapotec, zapotec designs
Kevin June 26th, 2010
The Purepecha indians from Huancito, Michoacan have for centuries made off of their utilitarian cooking pots by digging the clay from the local river beds. Over the last 25years however several families in Huancito have taken it upon themselves to rescue their ancient tecniques of making laquer paints from the natural clay pigments. Red, black, brown, and white are natural colors that the woman extract from the clay by working it on a metate. The pots are hand formed and the colors are barnished onto the pots, painted and fired.
The origins of the Purepecha is just one of the many mysteries surrounding this ancient tribe. Linguistically they have no relatives, but have been very successful in maintaining their dialect; today most kids are sent to school to learn Spanish as it is not spoken in the home. The Aztec called the Purepecha humming birds, it is still a recurring theme in their folk art today.
Tags: Barnished pottery, ceramic pots, Indian art, laquer paints, Mexican Folk Art, Mexico, Michoacan, natural paints, Peyote People, Pottyer, Puerto Vallarta, Purepecha, Tarascan
