Our craft workshops
In Enraizarte We like to create with our hands and we deeply value the crafts executed with the expertise acquired through patient and persistent practice.
We also love to gather around a table and share manual work, like in an artisan workshop. So, with the help of Daniela and our collaborators -María and Camila- we organize sessions in which to learn and practice different craft techniques.
The workshops are usually held on FRIDAY in the afternoon or SATURDAYS in the morning. Every month we send the programming to our email list and we also publish it on our social networks.
Mexican altars
Duration: 4h
Price: 65 €
Instructor: Daniela
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
In this workshop you will create a little altar or decorative box completely personalized, choosing its components from a wide variety of materials that we have available such as Mexican figurines, votive offerings, paper flowers and other objects. You can also bring a photo or object to make your niche even more personal.
More about the little altars:
On the side of the road, at the entrance to a mine or a mechanical workshop, at an urban bus stop... in Mexico it is possible to find little altars almost anywhere. They are usually a type of wooden or metal box, almost always with doors, where the image of some saint, virgin or illustrious personage is placed to venerate him or ask for protection. Although their use is typically related to religious faith, they are also widely used as artistic and decorative objects.
Miracles or sheet offerings
Duration: 4h
Price: 65 €
Instructor: Daniela
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
Each participant will make an ex-voto or miracle to hang on the wall, choosing one of the several designs available. We will work on the drawing, cutting, embossing and painting of the sheet, with rustic or aged style painting effects. In addition to taking their work home, everyone will take a set of tools to continue working on this technique.
More about miracles or votive offerings
Miracles or votive offerings are one of the many forms of votive offerings: objects that are deposited or offered in order to ask, recognize or thank the intervention of supernatural forces on individual or community life. Such offerings have been a common denominator of human groups across calendars and geographies, with a prominent presence in Catholic traditions. In Mexico, they blend with the color and surreal touches typical of their idiosyncrasy.
Possibly the 'sacred heart' as a votive offering is the most popular form in the tradition derived from votive offerings, symbolizing divine love. Currently it is an element widely used in Mexican artistic/craft expressions and converted into creative ornamental and decorative pieces.
Skull decoration
Duration: 5h
Price: 65 €
Instructor: Daniela
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
Embroidery, tenango style
Duration: 3h
Price: 65 €
Instructor: Maria
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
Tenango is a style of embroidery based on Otomi traditions, created in the 1960s by the artisan Josefina José Tavera - who died in May 2020 - originally from the municipality of Tenango de Doria, in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico.
It is characterized by the combination of colors and the representation of flora and fauna; that express the environment, life, myths and rituals of the Otomi indigenous people. Each model is unique and its production can take months or even years, as in the case of a bed blanket. It has become popular worldwide and today is considered cultural heritage of Mexico. In this workshop, each participant will make a Tenango-type motif (there will be several models to choose from) mounted on a frame.
You do not need to have prior knowledge of embroidery.
Traditional Mexican embroidery
Duration: 3h
Price: 65 €
Instructor: Camila
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
A practical-theoretical workshop where we will practice the most used stitches in embroidery from different regions of Mexico: Zinacantán, Chamula, Tzintzunzan and Jalapa de Díaz. We will also talk about emerging issues in Mexico, from its folk art and embroidery to cultural appropriation, plagiarism and the legal protection system in Mexico. In the end you will take all the materials to continue embroidering independently and your guide with the step by step of the stitches learned.
No prior knowledge of embroidery is required.
Paint your craft
Duration: 4h
Price: €65 (depending on piece)
Instructor: Daniela
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
(Catrinas, trees of life, hearts...) We bring pieces of ceramic and raw wood, from different workshops, so you can paint and decorate them to your liking.
Alebrijes workshop
Duration: 3 or 4 months
Sessions: 5pm to 8pm
Price: €75 per month
Instructor: Daniela
*Includes all materials + coffee, tea and cookies
This is a permanent workshop in which we teach the techniques of Mexican cardboard making, applied to the making of alebrijes. The sessions are on Tuesdays, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Each participant decides how many months they want to come for, according to the evolution of their own creation. A simple alebrije can take about 3 or 4 months, but sometimes inspiration calls for spending more time and making a more elaborate piece. Here we will work in a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere, attending to and enjoying the creative process.
Calendar of WORKSHOPS
We don't want you to miss the workshops you like the most! So we leave you the next dates.
Frequent questions
These are some of the most frequent questions from our clients and workshop users. If you cannot find an answer to your question here, contact us through our form or WhatsApp
We prepare our workshops in advance and with dedication. We allow date changes up to one week before the workshop. After this period, no changes or returns are allowed.
Instructors
About them
Get to know a little more about the instructors of our Mexican crafts workshops.
Daniela
Project mother
Maria
Collaborator since the beginning of the project
Camila
The latest addition to the project
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