Corazon Amoroso
Master artisan José Luz has been creating art out of tin for over fifty years. In the four minute video below I follow José Luz while he works on a new piece. The resulting piece emerges from many hours of design time, a day and […]
Mexican Tin Work
100 Years of Tin Work in SMA
Cien Años de la Artesania en Hojalata de San Miguel de Allende An update to the post below – the film has been selected to be shown this Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 6pm on the main stage in the Jardin in San Miguel as […]
Tin Workers
Over the years of exporting Mexican Artesania, I have continually been drawn back to the tin artisans who reside not only in San Miguel de Allende, but in Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Celaya, Mexico City. The malleable quality of tin (hojolata) copper (cobre) and brass (laton) they […]
The Little Tin Candle Boat
I’ve recently begun work on a documentary of the tin artistans of Mexico. Today, I interviewed one of the older families and they showed me this wonderful little tin boat which is powered by a candle. It actually putt putts around and just makes you […]