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Los Leñateros has been operating as a papermaking, printmaking, and artist books cooperative studio and store for over 25 years. The books feature original art, stories, and poetry. |
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Los Leñateros Studio
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Los Leñateros has been operating as a papermaking, printmaking, and artist books cooperative studio and store for over 25 years. The books feature original art, stories, and poetry. |
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La Jícara (The Gourd) is a literary codex that the cooperative produces as a series. |
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To produce the paper, natural plant fibers are cooked and rinsed, then blended with recycled paper. |
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The paper pulp is then cast in molds or pressed onto metal sheets and dried in the sun. |
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The handmade paper is transformed into colorful posters, cards, and books with silk screens and relief-blocks. |
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| The cooperative also provides classes in papermaking,
natural dyes, book arts, and screen and relief printing. For more information, please
contact Munda Toston or Ambar Past at: Taller de los Leñateros |
MEXICO LINKS:
Margarita Orozco, Papermaker
Maya Reproductions
Capelo, Ceramist
Ceramist, Angelica Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Tecpatl Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco Garcia Guevara
Tinsmithing
ARTCERA wax figures of Salamanca, Guanajuato
Betancourt Icons of Celaya, Guanajuato
Gobelin tapestry weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ikat foot-loom woven shawls of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Wood carver, Fernando Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
OTHER LINKS:
Hand printing in China
Japanese Washi
Offset lithography
Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura in 2001.
Please look at Carol's home page
to see more about crafts around the world.
