1. Hispanic Folk Art Oaxaca Mexico

2. Start of all Artwork was religious themes Bright Bold Colors Very Stylized, not meant to be realistic

3. Huichol Yarn Painting Sugar Skull Design for Day of the Dead

4. Located in Southern Mexico Subsistence farmers Very colorful society Subsistence farmers Very colorful society Oaxaca (pronounced Wa-HAH-ka) axaca (pronounced Wa-HAH-ka)

5. Wood Carvings Wood comes from the copalillo tree Carved by hand by the men. Meticulously hand painted with original patterns by the women.

6. Bold Colors The idea behind their color choices is that they will never be able to paint their figures as beautiful as they appear in nature so they attempt to compensate by using fantastically rich colors.

7. Pattern Sense of texture through us of repeated dots No two carvings have identical patterns

8. Fine details are possible through the use of very small paint brushes.

9. Devotion and Ritual in Mexican Folk Art

10. Guatemala

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19. Clay Terms Score-make scratches in the surface of clay to help hold it together. Slip- wet the surface of clay, using it like glue. Coil- This is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes, of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tool.

20. Piggy Bank Directions 1)Roll clay into two spheres 2)Make Two pinch pots 3)Place paper inside the pots 4)Adhere the two pots together 5)Smooth the lines 6)Add Features/Hispanic folk art characteristics…head, arms, legs, wings, texture.