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The artisan with a skeletal image of La China Poblana at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City. Rodolfo Villena Hernández (born 1968) [1] is a Mexican artisan who specializes in “cartonería” a type of hard paper mache used to sculpt piñatas, holiday decorations, Judas figures as well as the building of monumental works which have been exhibited in Puebla, Mexico City and Chicago.
Adalberto Alvarez Marines (born 1952 [1]) is a Mexican artist and artisan who specializes in creating sculptures and other works in hard paper mache, called cartonería in Mexican Spanish. As a child, Alvarez began drawing and writing, with some success in publishing illustrations and stories.
[1] [3] The paper and cardboard used is mostly waste paper, such as old newspapers and boxes, with decorative elements, such as crepe paper being new. [2] [5] Most shapes are created with molds, then painted with acrylics. [5] Most of the production since colonial times has followed the annual calendar of religious and civic events.
Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti. Papier-mâché (UK: / ˌ p æ p i eɪ ˈ m æ ʃ eɪ / PAP-ee-ay MASH-ay, US: / ˌ p eɪ p ər m ə ˈ ʃ eɪ / PAY-pər mə-SHAY, French: [papje mɑʃe] - the French term "mâché" here means "crushed and ground" [1]) is a versatile craft technique with roots in ancient China, in which waste paper is shredded and mixed with water and a binder to produce ...
Russian lacquer art; T. ... Taka (paper mache) Papier-mâché tiara; V. Rodolfo Villena Hernández This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 08:46 ...
Any antique and vintage art you truly love will never go out of style, but certain periods and styles surge in popularity each year. And in 2025, it’s all about folk art. Audra Kiewiet de Jonge ...
Angelico Jimenez, son of Manuel, in the family workshop. Jiménez Ramírez is credited with creating the Oaxacan version of “alebrijes.” [2] [4] The original craft was created and promoted by the Linares family in Mexico City, making fantastic creatures of “cartonería” (a hard paper mache) and painting them in bright colors. [2]
In the San Ángel neighborhood of Mexico City, she set up a studio to make papier-mache artworks. Her work was covered in Verna Cook´s book Mexican Interiors, with photographs by Bob Schalkwijk. [12] The studio, named Artes Gemma, had up to 60 employees. Peggy Guggenheim bought Gemma's art and exhibited it in her museum in Venice. Gemma's ...