Emilia Guadalupe Acevedo Chavez

28'' Carreta Lechera / Wood carving Lacquer Mexican Folk Art

2016

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Meliton Zeferino Acevedo MASTERPIECE Made with Tzomplantli wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with tradition...

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Juan Zeferino Rivera MASTERPIECE (Award Prize in Temalacatzingo 2016) Made with Tzomplantli wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sa...

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Manuel Cruz Prudencio MASTERPIECE Made with Copal wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings ...

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Agustin Cruz Prudencio MASTERPIECE: Made with Copal wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings...

This bold piece by Manuel and Ruby, a master artisan husband and wife team, represents a lifetime of dedication to the art of wood carving. With this piece, they give you the feeling...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Santa Cruz de las Huertas Jalisco” is a whimsical, charming and colorfully ceramic rendition painted blue and red of a local bus that traversed the town where the artist Candelario Medrano...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "El Tren" is a whimsical and playful rendition of a train. It is beautifully glazed in various colors. This particular ceramic was from the collection of Jane and Richard Knight’s Estate. Jane Knight was a famous fiber and textile artist. Richard was a photographer who worked for Eliel Saarinen and Alexander Girard. The Knights and Girard became close friends and it was Girard who gifted “Santa Cruz De Las Huertas Jalisco” to the Knights. Alexander Girard left his personal collection to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. The Girards eventually amassed a collection of more than 106,000 objects from across the globe. Their 1978 gift of this collection to the Museum of International Folk art quintupled the size of their collection and prompted the construction of a new wing, which opened in 1982 and houses a mere 10% of the Girard Collection in the permanent exhibition Multiple Visions: A Common Bond, which was designed by Alexander Girard himself. This collection includes numerous multiples and is notable for its great breadth, including traditional arts, popular arts, and paper ephemera. “I believe we should preserve this evidence of the past, not as a pattern for sentimental imitation,” Girard once said, “but as nourishment for the creative spirit of the present.” Indeed, folk art was an important inspiration for Girard’s design work. The renowned Candelario Medrano...

This colorful fortune wheel alebrije is made by Agustín Cruz Tinoco in Oaxaca Mexico. “I came up with the idea as a toy for children,” says Mexican master wood carver Agustin Cruz ...