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Stunning Artistry from the Hernandez-Cano Family Workshop

Stunning Artistry from the Hernandez-Cano Famil...

The Hernandez Cano family workshop is one of the oldest in Michoacan, tracing their history to the beginning in 1815. Beginning in 2008 Mexican artisans began to heed the requirements...

Stunning Artistry from the Hernandez-Cano Famil...

The Hernandez Cano family workshop is one of the oldest in Michoacan, tracing their history to the beginning in 1815. Beginning in 2008 Mexican artisans began to heed the requirements...

Coronavirus Challenges 2020

Coronavirus Challenges 2020

The Global Coronavirus Pandemic has imposed itself onto everybody's life in the last 5 months.  All aspects of life have been affected, including our Artist and artisan friends in Mexico....

Coronavirus Challenges 2020

The Global Coronavirus Pandemic has imposed itself onto everybody's life in the last 5 months.  All aspects of life have been affected, including our Artist and artisan friends in Mexico....

Collecting:  The Creative World of Solis Family Workshop

Collecting: The Creative World of Solis Family...

POCHTECA is Promoting the excellent creations of the premier artists in Mexico, some are well known and some should be.       This week we offer the works of the...

Collecting: The Creative World of Solis Family...

POCHTECA is Promoting the excellent creations of the premier artists in Mexico, some are well known and some should be.       This week we offer the works of the...

Artists of Tzintzuntzan

Artists of Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzan is one of many of the towns surrounding Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, sustaining a living tradition as an artisan center: alfarería (pottery making), adornos de popote...

Artists of Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzan is one of many of the towns surrounding Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan, sustaining a living tradition as an artisan center: alfarería (pottery making), adornos de popote...

Jorge Seirra Morales Lake Patzcuaro Mask Maker

Jorge Seirra Morales Lake Patzcuaro Mask Maker

The use of masks in rituals or ceremonies is an ancient human practice across the world; the oldest mask found is 9000 years old. In Mesoamerican cultures the use of...

Jorge Seirra Morales Lake Patzcuaro Mask Maker

The use of masks in rituals or ceremonies is an ancient human practice across the world; the oldest mask found is 9000 years old. In Mesoamerican cultures the use of...

Juan José Ramos Medrano Master Visionary Maker of "Betus / Nahual" Figures

Juan José Ramos Medrano Master Visionary Maker ...

The renown artist, Candelario Medrano (1918-1986), was one of the top figural ceramists in Mexico, creating fantastic creatures and buildings.Today, his grandson, Juan José Ramos Medrano, carries on his art...

Juan José Ramos Medrano Master Visionary Maker ...

The renown artist, Candelario Medrano (1918-1986), was one of the top figural ceramists in Mexico, creating fantastic creatures and buildings.Today, his grandson, Juan José Ramos Medrano, carries on his art...