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José Luis Cortéz Hernández is one of the most prolific of Jalisco’s famous burnished potters of Tonalá. With a career of over three decades, he is an acknowledged master in his field.
That’s quite an accomplishment for an “outsider.” Tonalá burnished pottery has centuries of history; its secrets are jealously guarded by families with generations of experience.
The pottery is distinguished by the fact that, instead of being glazed, it is rubbed with a stone before firing to give it shine. More obvious are the traditional decorative motifs with highly stylized images of animals, plants and fantastical creatures called
News Chihuahua ceramic artist Tati Eleno Ortiz López at a previous edition of the Feria in Chalapa, Jalisco.
Mexico News Daily launches campaign to help artisans sell online Proceeds will support efforts by the Jalisco-based Feria Maestros del Arte
Published on Saturday, April 10, 2021
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For anyone depending on Mexico’s tourism sector, the pandemic has meant hard times. Among those most deeply impacted are the country’s many traditional artisans basket-makers, weavers, painters and many more.
On Friday,
Mexico News Daily launched a campaign to support folk artists as they seek to survive “the new normal.” Ten percent of the newspaper’s subscription sales revenue will be donated to the Feria Maestros del Arte, a non-profit organization based in Chapala, Jalisco, that is helping artisans around the country sell their goods online.
Mexico Life Luisa Arroya Vicenta, a Tenango embroiderer, is working with a Mexico City NGO on an internet sales initiative for Otomí and Nahua textile artisans.
Nonprofits help Mexico’s artisans learn to sell in a socially distanced world NGOs see opportunity to empower traditional artisans often reliant on middlemen
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If anything good comes from this pandemic, it may be that the Mexican artisan community “discovers” the internet.
Even before Covid-19, traditional artisans’ greatest challenge has been to get fair prices for their creations. Essentially, the problem is that they almost always live in poor, rural areas, far from urban and international markets where the people with the money and desire to support them can be found.