A detail from a piece by Federico Prudencio. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
Prudencio will be wrapping his angels in bubble wrap to prepare them for this year’s Traditional Spanish Market on Saturday, July 24, and Sunday, July 25, on the Santa Fe Plaza. The annual event was canceled last year because of COVID-19. There will be no awards or preview. Past markets have averaged 70,000 visitors. This year about two-thirds of the artists have signed up.
Prudencio began carving at the age of 9 in Taos. His older brother-in-law taught him the basics of wood working. He took a wood shop class in ninth grade; his natural affinity with a blade and a chisel landed him a wood shop job a year later.
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