Rachel and Eric on mon 31 jul 00
Pottery workshops in the heart of traditional Mexico. BACKCACTUS: Way beyond
the front cactus. No souviner stands. Going in deep. Sun, wind, chapped
lips (But we make sure there is always drinking water and good grub!)
Backcountry, backcactus, dust, sweat, beauty. Wide eye, solid, clear, real,
heart felt, awakening, deep.
SAN MARCOS WORKSHOP. Dec 11-16, 2000. Jan 29-Feb 3, 2001. A muddy hands
visit with the Zapotec potters of San Marcos (see Ceramics Montly, Feb.
2000). We will mine our clay, process it, build vessels using living, 4,000
year old methods, slip, burnish and surface fire our pieces. A week in this
ancient village of potters also gives us an inside look at village life.
While our pots dry we'll visit the pottery villages of Atzompa and
Coyotepec. $595 (includes instruction, materials, local transport, room,
most meals).
TONALTEPEC WORKSHOP. Feb. 19-24, 2000. Backountry potting. Six days in the
tiny rancho of Tonaltepec, solitude and a billion stars. Our Mixtec teachers
will show us their Pre-Columbian methods of clay prep, forming, stone kiln
firing and wild, post-fire staining with oak bark dye. $540 (includes
instruction, materials, local transport, room, most meals).
TRADITIONAL ARTS and BACKROADS of OAXACA . Nov 13-19, 2000.
A seven-day trip through Oaxaca's backroads and a visit to the traditional
art villages of Oaxaca. We'll see pottery, fine basketry, weaving, dying,
stone work, rope twining, palm plaiting and mescal distilling. Between our
visits with artisans we'll make a point of visiting some of Oaxaca's finest
hidden places; a mineral spring on the edge of the world, a secret
pre-Columbian tomb, the mythical birthplace of the Mixtec people in the
narrow canyon of Apoala and the immense, redstone ruins of ancient pyramids
at the convergence of two rivers unknown to outsiders. $695 (includes
instruction, entry fees, local transport, room, most meals).
FOR MORE INFO contact Eric Mindling and visit
www.manos-de-oaxaca.com.
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Rachel Werling, Biologist
and/or
Eric Mindling, potterologist
Apto Postal 1452
Oaxaca, Oax.
cp 68000
Mexico
www.manos-de-oaxaca.com
phone 011 52 (954) 7-4534
fax 011 52 (952) 1-4186
email: rayeric@rnet.com.mx
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