The Jesus Sosa Calvo family of San Martin Tilcajete made 26 music stands as a part of the ten year project. Twenty six! And each one is unique and exceptional. Here's one that celebrates the dancers of the guelaguetza. They covered every inch with so many different elements. It really embodies so much of Oaxaca in a single piece.
Every side of the base is filled.
The top holds music perfectly and look at all the different traditional trajes on the vertical part.... Wow! So much detailed work.
There are twenty eight (28!) dancers carved into this stand. The Sosa family and I had so much fun over the years and they produced some of the finest piece in the collection. Of course, you can always visit him and his wife, Juana and his sister, Francesca Calvo who is also an amazing artist and carver, In San Martin Tilcajete. They have a shop, Matlacihua Arte, right on the corner just to the left of the church. You can find them on Facebook.
2 comments:
Another unbelevably beautiful piece......and you have 60!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too bad they are all in New England. You could have a show at the Contemporary
Art museum in Oaxaca
Just wonderful; you are absolutely correct when you say this embodies so much of what Oaxaca is all about. Thanks!
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