Wherever there is work, like magic, they appear. When one is a mason, he is actually paid wages while he learns a profession. One thing is for certain, it takes a great deal of hard work to put food on the table for their wives and children. What this means is that there are several floor plans for hundreds of similar houses, and the buyer may select a certain style, tile for the kitchen, a paint color, or a type of modular shower. Every door, window, kitchen or facade is prefabricated, trucked in and literally installed in what seems like a day.
Mexican masons are true artisans.
Each aspect of the architect's vision is painstakingly executed by hands, not machines. And poetry it is. When one sees a finished dome, created by a bricklayer using only his skill and a piece of string with which to judge the circumference, one has seen art at its best. Fountains with water trickling from handcarved flowered stone basins replenish the soul. Hand-painted tiles delight the eye, graceful arches and niches stir the imagination.