Mexican Indigenous Arte : The Embroidery of Hueyapan

Cover Image : Hueyapan Centro In my urban archaeological wanderings of my local second-hand/thrift stores I on occasion stumble across something that really catches my eye. An unexpected Thrift store treasure. I couldn’t walk away from it. It cost me $15 (which I did consider a little steep) but it is a professionally framed, high quality photograph and is of a church that sung out … Continue reading Mexican Indigenous Arte : The Embroidery of Hueyapan

Arte Mexicano : Mi Colección

I have begun to collect Mexican art. I stumbled upon this beautifully textured oil painting in a second hand store and was immediately drawn to the bugambilia flowers (1). The aesthetics of the painting strongly suggested Mexico to me and upon further investigation I found that it was painted in Cuetzalan Puablo (sic) (1) The next piece to enter mi coleccion was a lovely watercolour. … Continue reading Arte Mexicano : Mi Colección