MAINLY-MEXICAN > Jalisco Haciendita Murillos photo
MAINLY-MEXICAN > Jalisco Haciendita Murillos photo
MAINLY-MEXICAN > At the 2009 Feria Maestros in Chapala - Enriqueta Cenobio Calixto and Juvenal Bernardino Gómez create beautiful Mazahua miniature embroidery, weaving and a broad variety of crafts. They come from a Mazahua village in the State of Mexico.
MAINLY-MEXICAN > At the 2009 Feria Maestros in Chapala - an artisan is tying the strings of the rebozo to form beautiful designs on each end where the fringe hangs
MAINLY-MEXICAN > In March of 2009 Angélica Vásquez Cruz of Oaxaca received the National Arts and Sciences Award in the "Arts and Traditions" category. Her award was presented to her by past President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, at the presidential residence of Los Piños - this is her son and daughter-in-law at the Feria Maestros in Chapala 2009
MAINLY-MEXICAN > At the 2009 Feria Maestros in Chapala - Magdalena  Pedro Martinez specializes in female figures dressed in the traditional costumes of the seven regions of the state of Oaxaca. She views this as her contribution to the preservation of the culture of her beloved ancestors. She has 24 recorded costumes. One of her commissioned works was a collection of large costumed figures for a museum in México City.
MAINLY-MEXICAN > Sna Jolobil cooperative from Chiapas with Marta Turok at the 2009 Feria Maestros in Chapala
MAINLY-MEXICAN > At the 2009 Feria Maestros in Chapala - Guadalupe García Rios is 44 years old and has been making pottery for over 24 of those years. Her specialty is ceramic alta temperature (high temperature/high-fire ceramics). Fired at over 1250 degrees centigrade and lead-free, Guadalupe's designs and creativity are unparalleled.
MAINLY-MEXICAN > A Oaxacan weaver demonstrating her work
Jalisco Haciendita Murillos photo
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