Exvotos Parte II: Una mirada al folklore mexicano

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the contemporary retablo painter Alfred Vilchis

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Bueno debido a las confuciones que creo el post anterior, aqui van los detalles:

  • Si el 95% de los exvotos de la entrada anterior son reales(la unica que es digamos a proposito es la del mistico).
  • Cuatro de los cinco exvotos publicados en HECHF son obras del artista Alfredo Vilchis Roque, de ahi en mas, todos los exvotos pubicados en este blog son REALES.
  • Los Pie de fotografia de cada exvoto son mis interpretaciones, pues como se daran cuenta, muchos tienen los agradecimientos ilegibles.
  • Si no compartes mi interpretacion al exvoto, te invito a comentar la tuya, sera divertido ver las interpretaciones de todos.

Sin mas les agradesco por sus comentarios y espero verlos en el proximo post

Aqui estan los nuevos exvotos:

“Gracias Virgencita de Guadalupe por haberme ayudado a regresar de ese viajesote que me avente el otro dia cuando los duendecillos morados me vinieron a platicar donde…

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Leonardo Da Vilchis, pintor de exvotos

contemporary retablos

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Hace unos años estuvimos en México presentando la exposición Me gustas mucho tú y de paso por el DF tuvimos la suerte de conocer a Giovanni Tronconi, artista y editor experto en la cultural visual mexicana (no por casualidad es el autor de esta bobadita). Giovanni nos recibió en su apartamento y entre las muchas maravillas que nos enseñó estaban los exvotos, unas pequeñas pinturas que sea hacen para agradecer a Dios o a la Virgen por algún favor recibido. Giovanni nos habló especialmente de un pintor de exvotos local llamado Alfredo Vilchis.

Un par de días más tarde Oscar Reyes, unos de los cerebros detrás de Sensacional del Diseño Mexicano, tuvo la buenísma onda de sacarnos a pasear y nos llevó al mercado de las pulgas de Tepito, en donde nos guió hasta el puestito en donde los hijos del mismísimo Vilchis vendían exvotos que…

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Mandy Pattullo at the Festival of Quilts

More Mandy Pattullo:

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I posted earlier in the week about the Festival of Quilts at the NEC.  I had walked all the way round several times, I thought, but almost at the end of my visit I came to a white cube gallery that I had missed, Mandy Patullo.  Before getting onto her work, I thought it would be worth explaining what a white cube gallery is, as one of my blogging friends asked me after the NEC post.  The white cubes are my descriptions of temporary structures, painted white and with decent lighting, which are dedicated to invited artists.  Sometimes it’s a group or it can be a well-known or particularly interesting lesser-known textile artist.  They vary in size, but the standard in them is particularly high, and they are generally invited people.  They look like trendy white cube art galleries which is where I got the term from.  It is very…

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Thread and Thrift and Mandy Pattullo

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Mandy Pattullo is a British textile artist who’s work is delightfully yummy!  Her blog,  Thread and Thrift, features her art.

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Above are examples of her sample books.  A few years ago she bagan cutting up domestic hand embroidery and sewed them into books.  Often, the back of the work is shown as the front to highlight the element of stitching.

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for more, visit her website Mandy Pattullo

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Best of Doily Fashion Remakes

Below, a great Repurposed Doily Complilaton!

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best of doily fashion remakes

The doily is possibly one of the oldest forms of crochet.  Crochet became popular in Europe in the 19th century, and white, crocheted lace doilies were a must-have accessory for any household. Doilies gained popularity in the Victorian Era, when women hand worked them in their spare time to add a little elegance to their households. They were originally used to protect table and dresser tops.

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At one time, doilies were considered so important that a young lady was expected to have at least 10 to be ready for marriage, and these were carefully stored in a trouseau chest to be used when she set up her household.

To make doilies certainly requires a lot of skill to make a beautiful doily and many hours of work.  I never had the patience to make them but luckily for us many considers doilies to be kitsch or granny decorations so you can always…

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