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Arte Oaxaqueño
Arte Oaxaqueño, a
small business run by a hard working Mexican woman, Mariana
Reyes. Mariana personally interacts with the artisans in her
home state of Oaxaca to preserve and promote the arts and
crafts from the indigenous Indians of Oaxaca. Oaxaca
is best known for its striking
black pottery, colorful
glassy pottery, authentic
Zapotec wool rugs and weavings,
and the whimsical wood carvings
called Alebrijes.
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Alebrijes (Delightful) Wood Carvings-Mexico |
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Alebrijes |
Wood carving, an ancestral Zapotec tradition, comes
to its fullest expression through the Alebrijes. These are unreal and magic
pieces born out of the imagination of the Oaxaqueño craftsmen.
Alebrijes represent an innovative and unreal spirit
of the Oaxaqueño soul through the hand carving and painting of fantastically
shaped figures using material like Cedar, Aguacatillo and Palo Torcido.
These are made by Mixes tribes and craftsmen from San Martin Tilcajete. The
perfect finish makes them unique and are considered as pieces of art. |
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Black Pottery from Oaxaca |
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Beautiful Black Pottery |
Black pottery available from Arte Oaxaqueño is made
following the traditional techniques. The beauty of this pottery is
accomplished by a long process of several working days by Zapotec craftsmen,
thus giving it the unique final touch. |
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Glassy Pottery |
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Glassy Pottery |
Santa Maria Atzompa is a village where agriculture
and pottery are the two main activities. Craftsmen create the Glassy Pottery
through a long and precise process, obeying a primitive technique that does
not use any mold. They break with traditional patterns and capture the
spirit of their creative soul giving life to sophisticated shapes. |
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Weaving by Zapotec Indians (Oaxaca) |
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Zapotec Weavings |
The Dominican priests brought the first sheep to the
small village Teotitlán del Valle in what is today the State of Oaxaca.
That's when the weaving of clothes began. The inhabitants of Teotitlán
specialize in the weaving of 100% virgin wool rugs, all of them elaborated
with complex designs, frets, and incomparable colors. |
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