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Ángel Gil
Ángel Gil is a Mexican artisan who specialized in creating items from ixtle fiber. He has been named a “grand master” of Mexican handcrafts by the Fomento Cultural Banamex. Gil was born in Xichú, Guanajuato in central Mexico, an area known for its fiber arts, learning to make rope and carrying bags from his father. These items are made from ixtle, a fiber which is derived from the large, thick fronds of the maguey and similar plants. He prefers to prepare the fiber himself. He cuts the frond then covers them in water with lime, leaving them soak for a week underground. After this, the fronds are beaten with a wooden mallet over a smooth stone then frees the underlying fiber from the pulp. The fiber is then washed in soapy water and laid out to dry in the sun. He spins the fiber into string using a malacate, a simple large needle that spins in a cup, all controlled by hand. He specializes in the making of a very strong rope and various types of carrying bags decorated with c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mexican Artisans
This is a list of notable Mexico, Mexican artisans: Baskets and other non-textile fibers * Feo Ariza (straw mosaics) * Rosalinda Cauich Ramirez (baskets) * Ángel Gil (ixtle fiber products, Guanajuato) * Apolinar Hernandez Balcazar (baskets, State of Mexico) * Fortunato Hernández Bazán (ixtle fiber products, Oaxaca) * Fortunato Moreno Reinoso (reed and bamboo objects, Michoacan) * Pineda Palacios family (palm frond nativity scenes, Puebla) * María Quiñones Carrillo (baskets, Chihuahua) * Felipa Tzeek Naal (palm frond weaving, Campeche) * Villajuana family (hammocks, Yucatán) * Andrés Uc Dzul (Panama hats, Campeche) Lacquer ware * Mario Agustín Gaspar (Michaocan) * Pablo Dolores Regino (Guerrero)) * Francisco Coronel Navarro (Guerrero) Metal working * Punzo family (copper crafts) (Michoacán) * William Spratling (silver, Guerrero)William Spratling, "25 Years of Mexican Silverware", ''Artes de Mexico'', Vol. III, No. 10 (1955): 88 * Apolinar Aguilar Velasco (steel blades, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banamex
#redirect Grupo Financiero Banamex Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A. de C.V. has its origins and is the owner of the Banco Nacional de México or Banamex (branded as Citibanamex 2016-2025). It is the second-largest bank in Mexico. The Banamex Financial Group was purchased by Citigro ... Banamex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xichú
Xichú is a Mexican city (and Municipalities of Guanajuato, municipality) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality is entirely within the Sierra Gorda range and has an area of 912.20 square kilometres (3.0% of the surface of the state). It is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the east by Atarjea, to the south by the state of Querétaro and Santa Catarina, Guanajuato, Santa Catarina and to the west by Victoria, Guanajuato, Victoria. The municipality had a population of 11,323 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. In pre-Hispanic times the area was known as Maxichú or "Sisterhood of my grandmother" by the mostly Chichimeca inhabitants. The municipal president of Xichú and its many smaller outlying communities, which include San Miguel de las Casitas, El Aguacate, El Guamúchil, El Milagro, Las Palomas, and Mesón de Santa Rosa. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Xichu Municipalities of Guanajuato Populated places i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |