Artesanía (crafts and folk art) of Mexico

English: The Mexican Spanish term "artesanía" covers both items made for utilitarian purposes and decorative. Traditionally, these are made by hand and have some link to Mexico's Spanish and indigenous past.

Pottery/ceramics

Most pottery or ceramics in are of the majolica glazed type (the best known is the Talavara of Puebla) and indigenous style burnished pottery

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  Majolica pottery items in Morelos state
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  Barro negro (black clay) and majolica at a store in Oaxaca
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  Pottery display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Majolica tile mural at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City
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  Majolica plate made with anthrax spore design
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  17 or 18th century Puebla pottery plate
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  16 or 17th century green/yellow Talavera bowl from Puebla
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  18th century blue/white Puebla plate
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  Talavera plate from the Uriarte workshop in Puebla, Mexico
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  Talavera serving tray from the Uriarte workshop in Puebla Mexico
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  Talavery pottery washbasins from Puebla
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  Unglazed pot with indigenous design from Chihuahua
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  Mata Ortiz pottery jar by Jorge Quintana, 2002. Displayed at Museum of Man, San Diego, California
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  Stoneware plate with modern wave design at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City
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  Large burnished ceramic jar with eagle from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Serving plate decorated with nahuals (Aztec human/animal demons) on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Stoneware plate with woman and bird design by Francisco Toledo on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Stoneware plates with fish designs from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Stoneware vase with iguanas from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Large stoneware vase with nahuals (Aztec human/animal demons) from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Large "Tree of Life" pottery sculpture but Heriberto Ortega Gonzalez in a small plaza by the Church of San Juan Bautista in Metepec, Mexico State
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  Tree of Life with nahual (Aztec human/animal demons) theme by unknown author on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Traditional Tree of Life created by Oscar Sotano on display at the Museum de Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Tree of Life sculpture by Alfonso Castillo depicting the history of mole and Talavera pottery of Puebla. On display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Large "Tree of Life" pottery sculpture at the entrance to a "craft village" in Metepec, Mexico State
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  Tree of Life with theme of handcrafts by Oscar Soteno on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Site art displayed in Metepec, Mexico
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  Painted pottery suns on the atrium of the main church of Metepec, Mexico State
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  Clay cookware for sale in Metepec, Mexico State
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  Souvenir plates for sale in the city of Puebla

Metalworking

Traditionally, metals worked in Mexico include silver, gold and copper. Ironwork was introduced by the Spanish

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  Browsing in the Real de Mina Silver shop in Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico
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  Silver necklace with ruby, emerald and Mexican opal with two jaguars in confrontation from Guadalajara Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Hammered silver jar with bird from Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Mixtec and Imperial style silver earrings on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Chiseled silver container from the Tane Workshop in Mexico City on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Brass and glass necklace with flies and butterfly from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Handcrafted copper centerpiece on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Crown made of polished metal from Aguascalientes on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Ironwork for sale at the Feria de Hidalgo Crafts exposition in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Forged iron items from various states from the 19th century on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Pewter stand at the Feria de Hidalgo crafts section in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Small crafted copper containers on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán
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  Copper pitcher on display at Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán
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  Miniature objects in copper on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán
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  Copper plate with monarch butterflies painted on it on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan
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  Two small copper containers with monarch butterflied painted on them on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan
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  Painted copperwork vases and plates on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan
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  Copper tableware on display in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacán

Alebrijes

Alebrijes are fantastic creatures, which usually combine parts of two or more animals and painted in bright colors. They can be made of paper mache or wood.

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  Alebrije display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Oaxaca woodcarver Manuel Jimenez holding one of his creations
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  A Oaxacan woodcarving (alebrije) of an anteater created by Luis Pablo Mendoza
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  Alebrijes for sale in Oaxaca
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  Monumental alebrije named Aguas Vivas at the 2009 Monumental Alebrije Parade in Mexico City

Fibercraft

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  Baskets on display at the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City
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  Oaxacan embroidery work for sale in Puebla
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  Weaving loom at the crafts section of the Feria de Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Street vendor making and selling rugs at a corner in the San Angel neighborhood of Mexico City
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  Coverlet in making process in Teotitlán del Valle town.
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  Loom for making rugs in Teotitlán del Valle
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  Teotitlán de Valle. Tapestry shop.
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  Mayan woman weaving with a backstrap loom
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  Woven hats from Campeche
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  Display of charro hats at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Traditional Mixtec woman's outfit on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Example of traditional Oaxaca dress on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Examples of traditional Oaxaca dress on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Example of traditional Tzotzil woman's garb at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City

Paper crafts

Paper crafts generally consists of paper cut into designs as use as banners (papel picado or banderolas), or the making of amate bark paper (Otomi Indians)

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  Papel picado for Day of the Dead
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  Papel picado for Independence Day
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  Papel picado with angels and cross
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  Amate paper cut out on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Close up of detail
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  amate bark paper image of the Aztec calendar stone

Crafts for holidays, celebrations and commemorations

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  Decorated human skull made of sugar for Day of the Dead
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  Sugar skeletal monks
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  Catrina figures
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  Calaca
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  Calaca
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  Day of the Dead decorations for sale at the Feria de Mole in San Pedro Atocpan, DF
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  Day of Dead decoration done in flower petals and other things
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  Skeleton figure at a restaurant in Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico
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  Mojiganga paper mache statue from Guanajuato state on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Market selling handcrafted Xmas decorations in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan
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  Nativity scene
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  Copper and brass nativity scene
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  Bull firework frame from the state of Mexico on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Fireworks "castle" from Guerrero state on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Fireworks wheel with demon on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Traditional devils mask for the Pascuarela Play of Tocuaro, Michoacan. On display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Devils mask with serpents from Erogaricuaro, Michoacan on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Devils mask from Tocuaro Michoacan on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Wooden devils mask from Guerrero state, Mexico on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Jaguar mask from Guerrero state on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Wood devils mask from the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City.
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  Pinatas under construction at the workshop area of the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Mastuán mask from Jalisco state on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Tastuán Mask from Jalisco state on display at the Museum de Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Tiger mask for the Kalalá Dance from Chiapas on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  "Judas" ready to be burnt in San Luis Potosi

Glasswork

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  Etched glass plate with fish design from Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Green glassware associated with pulque-drinking with names such as chivos, cacarizas, tornillos and copiosas, circa 1950. On display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City

Huichol crafts

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  skull decorated in beads
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  Jaguar head
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  Guitar decorated in beads
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  Huichol beaded mask on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Huichol beaded panel on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Huichol working on jaguar mask
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  Jaguar mask in progress
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  Huichol beadwork flower necklaces for sale in Tepotzotlan, Mexico State
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  Huichol bead mask and necklaces for sale in Tepotozotlan, Mexico State
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  uichol beadwork woman mask on sale in Tepotzotlan, Mexico State
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  Huichol beadwork necklaces with sun and moon motifs for sale in Tepotzotlan, Mexico State
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  Beadwork necklaces
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  Huichol string art at Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City
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  Fierce beaded jaguar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with similar Huichol art in the background
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  Beaded turtles

Furniture

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  Handcrafted chairs for sale at Ixcateopan, Guerrero, Mexico
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  Tortilla shop in Ixcateopan, Guerrero, Mexico with handcrafted counter.
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  Rangeliano style furniture in Comala, Colima

Leathercraft

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  Example of a piteado belt from Colotlan, Jalisco
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  Example of a talabateria worker stitching piteado in Colotlan, Jalisco
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  Example of piteado belts from Colotlan, Jalisco

Stained glass

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  Dome at the Plaza Kukulcan
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  Close up of detail
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  Stained glass window depicting an indigenous person getting baptized at the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Patzcuaro, Michoacan
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  Stained glass window depicting unknown family at the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Patzcuaro Michoacan
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  Stained glass window depicting the Last Supper at the Cathedral of Toluca in Toluca, Mexico State
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  Stained glass window depicting the birth of Jesus at the Asunción de María Church in Tenango del Valle, Mexico State
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  Stained glass window depicting the Virgin of Guadalupe and Juan Diego at the Virgin of Guadalupe Church in Tenango del Valle, Mexico State
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  Seal of ITESM as a stained glass window above the main entrance of the library at ITESM Campus Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City
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  Seal of the National Autonomous University of Mexico as a stained glass window designed by Roberto Montenegro and Xavier Guerrero in the 1920s at the Museo de la Luz in the historic center of Mexico City
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  Stained glass window with the seal of Mexico at the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City
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  Stained glass window depicting John the Baptist and Jesus in the baptistry of the La Asuncion Parish in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Stained glass window in the baptistry of the La Asuncion Parish in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Stained glass window entitled "El Jarabe Tapatio" (The Jarabe Dance from Guadalajara) designed by Roberto Montenegro and Xavier Guerrero in the 1920's at the Museo de la Luz in the historic center of Mexico City
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  tained glass work entitled "La Vendedora de Pericos" (The Parrot Seller) designed by Roberto Montenegro and Xavier Guerrero in the 1920's. Located in Museo de la Luz in the historic center of Mexico City.

Other crafts

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  Mesoamerican headdress
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  Producer of honey-based products at the Feria de Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
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  Objects made with polished animal horn (comb) coffer, chairs and fan) from Campeche, Mexico on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  A "mosquito" drum made from hollowed out cedar from Xalapa, Veracruz on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Wooden bowl stained with cochineal red dye in display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Display of carved wooden animals, mostly from Guanajuato and Jalisco on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Crafts from Campeche
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  A rolling pin and two "molinillos" for whisking hot chocolate on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Display of folk string instruments such as guitars and violins at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City
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  Handcrafted toys on display at the Museum of Artes Populares in Mexico City

Crafts for sale in Mexico

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  Municipal crafts market of Villa del Carbón, Mexico State
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  Handcrafts for sale at the Flower Festival of San Angel, Mexico City
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  Wood crafts for sale on Janitzio Island in Lake Patzcuaro Michoacan
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  Wooden crafts for sale at the municipal market of Patzcuaro, Michoacan
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  Selling crafts just outside the entrance to the Church and ex monastery of San Francisco in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacan
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  Mexican traditional toys for sale in Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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  Tarahumara crafts for sale in Chihuahua state
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  Vendor selling stone bead jewelry in the plaza between the Cathedral and the Templo Mayor in the historic center of Mexico City
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  Wooden kitchen utensils being sold on the street in San Andres Mixquic, Mexico City
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  One of the huts in the crafts village of Metepec,Mexico State
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  Huts in the crafts village of Metepec, Mexico State