The crafts of Mexico
By: edited by Margarita de Orellana, Alberto Ruy-Sánchez ; guest editor, Eliot Weinberger.
Contributors: Orellana, Margarita de.; Ruy Sánchez, Alberto, 1951-; Weinberger, Eliot.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books, in association with Artes de México
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Handicraft -- Mexico.
Other titles: Artes de México.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-357).
"Published in association with Artes de México."
Table of contents: title: Seeing and using : art and craftsmanship / Octavio Paz; title: A vision of the hand / Alberto Ruy Sánchez; title: Visible and invisible hands / Margarita de Orellana; title: Terra incognita / Alfonso Alfaro; title: Ceramics of the five senses / Alberto Ruy Sánchez; title: Earthenware of water and of fire / Gutierre Aceves Pi ña; title: The world of Talavera / Alberto Ruy Sánchez; title: Talavera : its name and manufacture / Luz de Lourdes Velázquez Thierry; title: Tradition and fantasy molded in clay / Luis Mario Schneider; title: A lover of clay : interview with Tiburcio Soteno / Chloë Sayer; title: The alchemy of clay / Bill Gilbert; title: The soul of a potter : interview with Juan Quezada / Marta Turok; title: How the moon taught us to weave / Lexa Jiménez López; title: A weft of voices / Margarita de Orellana; title: The textual textile / Marta Turok; title: Flower woman / Sna Jolobil; title: The anatomy of a textile tradition / Irmgard W. Johnson; title: Weavings that protect the soul / Alejandro de Ávila; title: Lives spun on Teotitlán looms : interviews with Manuel Bazán Martínez, Isaac Vázquez García and Arnulfo Mendoza / Chloë Sayer; title: Origins and forms of lacquerwork / Ruth D. Lechuga; title: Nature and geometry / Ana Paulina Gámez; title: A humble and ephemeral nature / Gloria Fraser Giffords; title: Four tinsmiths speak : interviews with Arturo Sosa, María Luisa Vázquez de Sosa, Ramón Fosado and Víctor Hernández Leyva / Magali Tercero.