Revista Mujeres

Sheri Brautigam, Oaxaca’s passionate collector of (and guide to) regional trajes and textiles, was following her favorite rebozo weavers to the Feria de Maestros in Lake Chapala and convinced me to come along. If you don’t know about the Fair, click on http://www.mexicoartshow.com/2009maestros.html for the whole story. If you’re not near a computer, suffice it to say that the Maestros Fair is the place to see and shop for the best of the best in Mexican folk crafts: extraordinarily fine rebozos from Tenancingo, huge ceramic pots from Chihuahua, hand woven rugs from Teotitlan del Valle, forged iron house crosses from Chiapas, Angélica Vásquez Cruz’s amazing angels, Jacobo Angeles Ojeda’s breathtaking alebrijes, not to mention alpaca silver picture frames, profusely embroidered huipiles, life-size ceramic jaguars, fine wooden candelabras, Ojeda knives, and so much more. The Fair lasts three days. Our first was spent helping buyers who didn’t speak Spanish communicate with vendors who didn’t speak English. We slaked our thirst with agua de frambuesas at El Zapote on Morelos and turned in early to be ready for the Saturday rush. On day two, after five hours of translating, we taxied to Ajijic to visit Cathy Merrill, her husband Ron, and half a dozen members of Friends of Mexican Folk Art, each of whom turned out to be a world-class collector, fan of--or expert in--Mexican craft and culture.

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