Ana Emilia Pellicer López de Llergo (born 1946) is a Mexican sculptor, artisan and

jewelry maker Jewellery design is the art or profession of designing and creating jewellery. This is one of civilization's earliest forms of decoration, dating back at least 7,000 years to the oldest known human societies in Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopo ...

. She is the widow of American sculptor, James Metcalf, with whom she established an important

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and school, the Adolfo Best Maugard School of Arts and Crafts, dedicated to the promotion of traditional

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techniques in

Santa Clara del Cobre Santa Clara del Cobre () is a Magical town (Pueblo Mágico) and municipality located in the center of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, 18 km from Pátzcuaro and 79 km from the state capital of Morelia. While the official name of the mun ...

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

, in 1973. In 1986, Pellicer sculpted life size jewelry designed to fit the

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, including huge

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, to mark the centenary of the statue in New York City and Paris. Ana Pellicer was awarded the Gertrudis Bocanegra medal in 2018, this award is given to women who do exceptional work in favor of the progress of the state of Michoacán. Part of this work was performed during her first years living in Santa Clara del Cobre, where she encouraged women to become involved in the production of jewelry, thus helping them improve their economic standing and that of their families. Pellicer is the sister of Mexican actresses

Pilar Pellicer María del Pilar Pellicer López de Llergo (12 February 1938 – 16 May 2020) was a Mexican actress. At the 17th Ariel Awards, she won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''La Choca'' (1974). Biography Pilar was ...

and

Pina Pellicer Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo (3 April 1934 – 4 December 1964), known professionally as Pina Pellicer, was a Mexican actress known in her country for portraying the female lead in '' Macario'' (1960), and in the United States as ...

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Mexican sculptors People from Santa Clara del Cobre Living people Artists from Michoacán 1946 births {{Mexico-sculptor-stub