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Oaxacan Wood Carving Artists
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Oaxacan Woodcarving: The Magic in the Trees $11.33 Increasingly prized by collectors worldwide, Oaxacan woodcarvings are among the most popular form of folk art available today. These fanciful, brightly colored figures created by rural Mexican woodcarvers reflect the myths and traditions still very much a part of the carvers’ daily lives. A spectacular gallery of over 160 full-color photographs beautifully portrays these artisans and their work, w… |
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ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in English and Spanish (English and Spanish Edition) $6.16 Every ABC book worth its cover price is bound to have bright colors and big letters. But not every ABC book has magical hand-carved animals to illustrate every letter. And very few alphabet books present those letters in more varieties than English! Very few alphabet books except the ABeCedarios, that is! In this brightly colored book, the alphabet is presented in both Spanish and English, and inc… |
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Dream Carver $8.49 Mateo and his father carve juguetes, small wooden animals his family sells at the fiestas in Oaxaca. But Mateo wants to carve much larger animals-goats as pink as bougainvillea with cactus-green speckles, and purple cats with corn-yellow spots. When he tells his father how he longs to bring these large animals to life, his father only scowls, but Mateo perseveres. Including an informative afterwor… |