Popular Crafts
Within the Colombian craft industry there were people who carried out related trades such as master bricklayer, painters, decorators, platers, carpenters and agricultural workers, sometimes cultivating one or more demonstrations, to which they dedicated their talent to earn a daily living. Historically the most used materials in his creative work have been wood, leather, metal, glass, plastic, yarey and vegetable fibers.
In the past, Dolores Muñiz Espinosa, the first Colombian artisan in terms of the quality of this event that she cultivated for decades, stood out. Specialist in weaving and embroidery, he made various pieces such as bedspreads, rugs, lace, handkerchiefs, duvets and bearings. Also Antonio Jiménez González with small woodwork, some of which he placed inside glass jars, and a small-format hagiographic series that he presented to friends. In the sugar mills, descendants of slaves have maintained this tradition through embroidery, giving rise to beautiful rugs, bedspreads, cushions, blankets, etc.
The tradition in the artisan work with wood has been maintained in the last decades, mainly stimulated by the decriminalization of the North American dollar in the 90s, the creation of the Cuban Association of Artisan Artists (ACAA) and the possibilities offered for the commercialization of his works through the Cultural Assets Fund, ARTEX and the Caracol Stores. Within that tradition is work with assembled wood, elemental raw material in the elaboration of cars, trains, planes, construction equipment, chests and tobacco humidors, jugs, key chains, images of historical personalities, Cuban flora and fauna, bohíos. , etc.
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