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The people of COPAVIC help protect the environment by transforming recycled glass into useful products. The cooperative, which was founded in 1976, produces a wide variety of pitchers, glasses, stemmed glasses, dishes, statuettes, ash trays, candle holders, and vases. The products are sold locally and shipped internationally. |
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| This cruet was blown, the handle was added, then it was cooled slowly in the back of a gas-fired annealing kiln. The sand on the floor of the kiln protects the piece as it is moved. | ||
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The glass bubble is spun, then blown into a mold to create a statue of Mary. After cooling in the annealer, the bottom is tapped smooth with a metal tool. |
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To create this goblet, glass is blown into a mold, a bit of glass is added and shaped for the foot, the rim is finished with a flame, then the goblet is cooled in the annealer. |
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To create interesting surface patterns, some of the pieces are sand-blasted at the cooperative. |
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| You are welcome to visit the COPAVIC studio and sales gallery! |
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| For more information about COPAVIC, you can contact
them (in Spanish) at:
COPAVIC, R.L. email COPAVIC |
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GUANAJUATO, MEXICO LINKS:
Ceramist, Angelica
Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José
Luis Méndez Ortega
Gorki
Ceramics
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
Wood carver, Fernando
Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
MORE LINKS:
Pottery of Western
Cameroon
Maya Reproductions
Carol Ventura's
Home Page
Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura.
