The Many Branches of Artisan Ware in Michoacan

Searching for and buying handicrafts from Michoacan is one of the things that our guests at Hotel Mansion Iturbe.enjoy the most.  Pátzcuaro is an artisan center par excellence.  And in our Pueblo Mágico, you can find a huge variety of handicrafts from different places in Michoacán.

Artisan from Patanbam Michoacan

By buying handicrafts, you help sustain a tradition, but support artistic expressions that spring from the heart, using ancestral techniques that have been passed through the years from parents to children and that are part of their identity.  This gives craftsmen the opportunity to continue working in their trade, and to have access to a better standard of living.  In return. you can get an original piece to enjoy for years.

Ocumicho Devil Masks: Clay Crafts from Michoacan

In Michoacán we have great artists, who produce works of Mexican folk art, valued all over the world. Many ask, just what are the crafts of Michoacán?

Clay Pineapples from San Jose de Gracia, Michoacan

According to the “Instituto del Artesano de Michoacán”, Michoacán has 16 artisanal branches, which are produced in 38 municipalities in the following regions:

Mexican Catrina Clay figure from Capula, Michoacan

 

The Center of the State

Lake

Plateau

East

West

Coast

Tierra Caliente

Mexican Folk Art Copper & Textiles from Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan

The Lake Region is where you will find the greatest variety of handicrafts, incorporating 15 of the 16 artisan branches that are produced in Michoacán. So if you are pressed for time, the Lake Region will give you the widest panorama of products.

Mexican Lacquer from Patzcuaro, Michoacan

Natural Fiber furniture made in Ihuatzio, Michoacan, Mexico

The 16 branches of artisan ware of Michoacán are:

Pottery and Ceramics

Textiles

Masks

Furniture

Woven Vegetable Fibers

Metalworking, Jewelry, and Goldsmithing

Stringed Instruments

Toys

Lacquer Ware

Miniatures

Leather

Stone Working

Brewery

Corn Stalk Paste

Blown Glass (such as the famous and fabulous Christmas ornaments of Tlalpujahua)

Various handicrafts that constantly evolving

Blown Glass Figures from Tlalpujahua, Michoacán

Every time you buy a handcrafted piece, think of its great intrinsic value, an artistic expression of these indigenous peoples; through which they show their skill and creativity.

Michoacan Folk Art from Pátzcuaro Lake Region

Artisan from Patamban Michoacan, making Clay Pottery

Artisan from Ihuatzio weaving natural fibers from Lake Patzcuaro

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We invite you to check more post in our blog, you will find information about Pátzcuaro and its surroundings that we hope will be useful for your next trip to our colonial town in Mexico.

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