Post Road-Trip Reflections

keylimesteve — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:16:55 +0000

A little over one month ago, we left Oaxaca for the US/Mexico border. I needed to take care of some documentation regarding the legality of my truck being in Mexico, which required us to exit and re-enter the country since my 6-month legal status (with the truck) was to expired. Initially, we contemplated the cost [...]

Armed for Success

keylimesteve — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:05:09 +0000

Locked and Loaded, with Knowledge

A relative recently conveyed his belief that food and guns were of the few things “worth putting your money into these days”. I suggested that I might be in need of a reality check, what was (and what am) I thinking? Well, Manos de Mexicanos is quite proud to [...]

Tough Times in La Union

keylimesteve — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:06:48 +0000

Being newcomers to this folk-art stuff isn’t easy, but it sure is an adventure. For instance, the time we set out to visit the village of La Union, which we knew was somewhere to the north and west of Oaxaca. Since “somewhere to the north and west” was the extent of our knowledge of the [...]

Coming Soon, Jaime Ortiz, Zacatecas

keylimesteve — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:24:55 +0000

Onlooker at the LaCarrera Panamericana, Zacatecas

It was last year in October 2011, after I finished 7-days of chasing down vintage race cars over the Mexican landscape, that I saw the pottery of Jamie Ortiz. His work was on display at the offices and showroom of I.D.E.A.Z. (more on them and their respective counterparts [...]

The Mata Ortiz Dilemma

keylimesteve — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:00:11 +0000

Graphic design applied to a Mata Ortiz pot.

If we were to purchase one pot from each potter in the small northern Chihuahuan dustbowl town named Mata Ortiz -even if we were to empty the gallery of all its current pieces- we would not have room to display everything we purchased. When we rolled [...]