No, not by me, but music stands by Jesus Sosa Calvo, renown woodcarver from San Martin Tilcajete.
Over a ten year period, Jesus and his talented family made twenty-six atriles or music stands for me as a part of a personal project. I ended up with enough stands for a small orchestra, over sixty.
For Jesus and all the artists involved, I just asked them to make whatever they wanted. Of course, everyone asked initially, "What's a music stand?" Then things like this came into being....
The Sosas always came up with the most wonderful designs, many based on things uniquely Oaxacan.
Of course, there had to be corn....
Frozen music....
It was a wonderful time in all our lives...... and all still standing.
I can’t help but wonder what the arts and crafts of Oaxaca will have to say about this in 6months to a year. What new alebrijes we will see. Skeletons with masks, sure, but what else?
ReplyDeleteThese are all from almost twenty years ago. IMO I consider the golden age of carving to be from 1980 to 2006. Things have changed dramatically after that. However, there are many new young artists creating wonderful pieces, like Jesus's son, Gabriel.
ReplyDeleteHave u ever exhibited them all together somewhere. Maybe MACO.
ReplyDeleteIt would be great to see them