page_title: Agustín Cruz Tinoco
section_title: Artistry
hierarchical_section_title: Agustín Cruz Tinoco / Artistry
caption_attribution_description: English: Angel and Arcangel Michael by Agustin Cruz Tinoco of San Agustin de las Juntas, Oaxaca
context_page_description: Agustín Cruz Tinoco is an artisan from San Agustín de las Juntas, Oaxaca, Mexico noted for his wood carvings. His work has been recognized both in Mexico and abroad.
context_section_description: Cruz Tinoco is best known for his religious figures and nativity scenes, but also creates various other figures such as carts, carousels, Ferris wheels, and altarpieces. He has also made whimsical works such as nativity scenes mounted on a tortoise, boxes in a jaguar shape, skeletal figures and animals doing human activities and even a chess set pitting the Spanish conquistadors against the Mexican indigenous people.   He works in pine, cedar, Mahogany and a soft local wood called copal, popular among Oaxacan craftsmen. He studies the raw wood in order to use its natural forms and qualities in the finished piece. His tools include machetes, various knives, chisels, agave thorns and needles. The machetes and large knives are for creating the basic shape of a piece, with the smaller implements to refine and create intricate details and designs.
caption: Angel and the Archangel Michael by the artisan
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