18 Artisans of Oaxaca
18 Artisans of Oaxaca
A
dragon carved by Florencio Fuentes Melchor, an artist who makes carved
and painted wooden figures, alebrijes, in a workshop in the central valley
of Oaxaca. A large percentage of the residents of San Martin Tilcajete
have left to work in the United States, but the alebrije workshops are
one of the main sources of income for those who stay. Fuentes tried to
continue his craft in the Oaxacan immigrant community in Santa Cruz, California.
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