Diablitos in the Details: The Curious Tale of Mexico’s Most Peculiar ...
2013年4月5日 · In the rural Mexican state of Michoacán, devils, mermaids, saints, sun gods, and drunks can all be found mixing it up and having a great time. Each of these characters, and many more, inhabit the strange universe depicted in sculptures produced in the tiny town of Ocumicho.
Michoacan, Purepechans, & Ocumicho - It's Cactus
2021年7月8日 · A favorite small village of mine with great history and especially known for their artwork is the tiny town of Ocumicho, which is mostly inhabited by Purepechan people. It is a rural town famous for its price-winning figurines full of mischievous and playful characters.
Ocumicho, Michoacán, donde al Diablo se le moldea
Descubre, en Ocumicho, Michoacán, una de las expresiones artesanales más famosas de los purépechas: los diablos, que, en poses traviesas, son parte del imaginario modelado en barro.
Antonia Cruz Rafael: the ceramics of Ocumicho, Michoacan
2020年6月13日 · Antonia Cruz Rafael of Ocumicho, Michoacan is a skilled ceramist. She shapes a clay image by hand while her husband Jose watches with admiration. © Travis Whitehead, 2009. Ocumicho is part of a cluster of villages in western Michoacan known for its clay crafts (see Michoacan map).
The Meseta Purepecha in Michoacan - MexConnect
2020年7月15日 · San Pedro Ocumicho The parish church of San Pedro and the chapel of the Señor de los Milagros, built in the latter days of the 16th century, stand out. Artisanal activity in this town is famed for the symbolic sculptures in clay, modeled and painted in …
Handcrafts and folk art in Michoacán - Wikipedia
The most common object make with various colors are figures from the Bible and daily life and Christmas ornaments, especially in Ocumicho. One other unique figure from this town is a playful Devil, appearing in scenes such as the Last Supper or coming between two lovers.
The Mischievous Diablitos of Ocumicho - ArcGIS StoryMaps
The Mischievous Diablitos of Ocumicho. Written by María Yolanda Argüello, illustrated by Margarita Sada, and published in 2017 by Magenta Ediciones in Mexico City.
The Curious Tale of Mexico's Most Peculiar Pottery - Neatorama
2013年4月5日 · The tiny town of Ocumicho in the Mexican state of Michoacán is the source for the increasingly popular ceramic diablitos, or devils, in peculiar and even ridiculous scenes. They can be traced back to one artist who designed many of them in the 1960s.
Ocumicho: el pueblo que vive de los diablos. Así es su historia
2022年5月18日 · Las coloridas figuras de barro de Ocumicho surgieron luego de la Revolución, te damos algunas versiones de la historia detrás de los diablos.
OCHUMICHO 1960 CERAMIC TABLEAUS - Collectors Weekly
Pottery in Ocumicho. Both Ocumichos, as the figures are often called, and the toys and whistles also produced by artisans in the village, are low-fired ceramics baked in wood-fired kilns. Since low-fired clay produces fragile pieces, they must be handled with great care.