Tinsmithing in Guanajuato, Mexico
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Tinsmithing is a general term used for working
sheet metal. Besides tin, craftsmen in the state of Guanajuato also use copper and
brass. Jaime Salazar
directs Grupo Artesa (a tinsmithing business) and teaches tinsmithing at
the Escuela de Bellas Artes "El Nigromante" in
San Miguel de Allende. The mask below was made by his late brother and the
patterns are from Jaime's class. |
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Jaime
Salazar
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Tin mask
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These patterns are used to lay out projects.
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stamping tin
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stamping copper
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Ramon Suarez Aguayo soldering a brass lamp
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For more information about tinsmithing or to order
these lamps, or a variety of other products, please contact (in Spanish):
Ramon Suarez Aguayo, Director
Taller de Artesanias "Suarte"
Casa Museo "Gene Byron"
Marfil, Guanajuato
Mexico
Telephone from the United States: 011-52-473-73-31029
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GUANAJUATO LINKS:
Ceramist, Capelo
Ceramist, Angelica Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Tecpatl Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco Garcia Guevara
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
Papermaker, Margarita Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
Wood carver, Fernando Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
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.