Monica Ortes from Tonala, Mexico makes wonderful flowers of every kind imaginable
from paper. She sells her colorful creations in a weekly local market.

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Candido Gonzales lives in Tonala, Mexico. He and his family
make wonderful animals out of clay. They are hand painted and fired then thin
plates of brass are added for a truly unique piece of art work.

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Renato Rivera lives in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. He
is a very skillful artist, primarily working in oils. He paints on canvas,
furniture or tin, creating everything from very realistic still life to
primitive style painting of saints and miracles.

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Israel Espinosa and her husband Mateo are skilled wood carvers
living in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. They carve everything from
masks to crucifixes to furniture, creating imaginative and original works of
art.

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Leovardo Lopez is a woodcarver from the Sierra Madre mountains
of Mexico. A very talented artist he produces huge carved architectural columns
and furniture as well as wonderful sculpture.