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Jewelry

Corn (Maize) The Staff of Life for 10,000 years.

Jewelry

Corn (Maize) The Staff of Life for 10,000 years.

If you see the Lupita dolls holding a basket of Corn (Maize) it's not just a basket of Corn-on-the-Cob, it represents Life itself. For Mexicans,...

Mask

Mexican Masks: Dance, Culture, Art

Masks have been used to support the various dances since pre-hispanic times. We work with a variety of talented artists to bring beauty to Wanderi...

Mexican Cooking

Get your Food here!

Mexico is a food basket for american grocery stores. Much of what we find in the Produce Section come from farms in Mexico.

Jalisco Pottery

Charro, Mariachi and the Vihuela a bond

The Vihuela is an integral part of Mariachi Music and Charro Culture as heard in the music and seen in Movies and Charreada.

Fine Art

Zacatecas City, Mexico’s Money Bag

Zacatecas city had its start as a Spanish mining camp in the mid-16th century. Indigenous people had already known about the area's rich deposits...

Art History

Talavera Style Pottery, Mix of Spanish, Indigenous and Mexican styles

Talavera pottery is a Mexican and Spanish pottery tradition named after the Spanish Talavera de la Reina pottery, from Talavera de la Reina, in S...

ADELITAS: Women of the Mexican Revolution

Women fought on all sides of the Mexican Revolution, Soldaderas or Adelitas, They were treated as 2nd class soldiers and also as important players,...

Mexico

Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

Tepoztlan is credited as the birthplace of Ce Acatl, later known as Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, the the Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl, the f...

Tzintzuntzan, Capital of the Purepecha Empire

Tzintzuntzan, now a small town on the shores of Lake Patzquaro in Michoacan, Mexico. Home to several Masters of Ceramic arts, Tzintzuntzan was onc...

Ceramic Art

New Ceramic Talent in Tzitzuntzan

Wandering Gypsy is glad to bring the work of Miguel Angel Molinero Huipe to your attention.

Happy Thanks Giving

Greetings from “Wandering Gypsy!! We’re back from the beautiful and enchanting states of Jalisco and Michoacan, Mexico. Our first stop was the pict...

Mexico

What is Cultural Diffusion? Why does it matter?

Before Columbus, people sailed the Pacific Ocean, sharing plants, animals and cultures around the Pacific Rim.

Art History

The History of Blown Glassware in Mexico

Mexico has long been known as a land of the master craftsman. If the master craftsman is considered an artist, then glass is a wonderf...