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Fernando Giron Pantoja It is incredible what talent and patience, in the hands of an artist, can produce. Fernando's carved and painted figure of St. Michael fighting the devil (on the right) is fantastic! Straining muscles, an intense facial expression, delicate fingers, gilded armor, colorful flowing drapery . . . all from a piece of wood, paint, and gold leaf. Amazing! |
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Fernando creates his figures with a variety of wood-carving tools. |
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Painting and gold-leafing require specialized techniques. |
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| For more information, see "Woodcarvers of Guanajuato," in Wood Carving,
September/October 2003:18-20. You may contact Fernando (in Spanish) at:
Narcizo Mendoza 501-A |
GUANAJUATO LINKS:
Capelo
Ceramist, Angelica
Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis
Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Tecpatl
Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco
Garcia Guevara
Tinsmithing
ARTCERA
Wax Figures of Salamanca, Guanajuato
Betancourt
Icons of Celaya, Guanajuato
Gobelin Tapestry
Weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ikat Foot-loom Woven Shawls
of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Papermaker, Margarita
Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
OTHER LINKS:
Mexican Marquetry Box Maker, José Antonio
Rodríguez
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and
Book Arts Studio
Religious Sculpture in Seville, Spain
Silva Foundation Workshops in Lisbon, Portugal
Intarsia of Granada, Spain
Haida Wood Carver, Reg Davidson
Haida Argillite Carver, Myles Edgars
Haida Painter, James Sawyer
Polish Wood Carver, Jan
Piotr Ledwon
Polish Wood Carver, Czeslaw
Olma
Wood Carving in Foumban, Cameroon, Africa
African, Abdou
Mfopa
Wood Carving in Bali, Indonesia
Horn Carving in Bali, Indonesia
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