Black pottery is all hand made and exquisite.

 

 

 

 

Note that instead of the potter’s wheel as we know it, they use two disks and hand-turn the top one.

 

 

The kiln.

The following are intricate wood carvings done in a village factory.

 

 

 

Some pieces take months to complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day of the Dead masks are displayed all of the Oaxaca area.

 

Ex-Convento Santo Domingo – Museum of Oaxacan Cultures.

I never found out the story behind this…

 

 

 

 

Finally a hand made rug factory. Here is the owner and originator in front of some naturally died yarn.

This family business has all the family members involved.

 

A street vendor making his art for all to see.

While selling her crafts, this woman is making more. She is wearing the traditional dress of her village.