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GOLD AND SILVER FILIGREE AN ANCIENT TRADITION IN ZACATECAS
In this state their artisan representations combine indigenous traditions with Spanish contributions.
His creations are varied and include yarns, fabrics, saddles, jewelry, stone quarry, wooden furniture, pottery, blacksmithing, pottery, basketry, blown glass, resins, paper mache, leather objects, and works with pita and lechuguilla.
If you are serious about buying silver and see artisans at work you can visit the Centro Platero in Guadalupe. Within this beautiful colonial building students and masters on-site silversmith school have a series of small workshops where you can appreciate beautiful pieces with original designs.
Handicrafts in Fresnillo
This city has always been noted for its elaborate quarry work.
Fresnillo also produces some pottery like casseroles and pots, as well as frayer, molcajetes (large-size mortar made of stone, mainly volcanic) and the typical dolls.
Here you can buy some pieces of jewelry with a wide variety of semiprecious stones.
There is also an important tradition in the elaboration of creative jewelery such as bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
Along the arched portals you will find some stalls that offer some of the Zacatecan creations.
Folk Art in Zacatecas
Handicrafts in Guadalupe
In this beautiful place you can buy incredible pieces in silver. You can visit the Centro Artesanal Platero de Zacatecas, an ideal place to get to know Zacatecas' jewelry artisans' work first-hand. Beside, gives you an excellent opportunity to purchase a beautiful gift
You can also find rustic parquet furniture, leather items, stone quarry pieces, carved and inlaid marquetry, and onyx products.
One of the most important traditions of Guadalupe is the elaboration of sarapes since it goes back more than two centuries.
Handicrafts in Jerez de García Salinas
In this wonderful Magical Town, saddlery works is a tradition and you can find: saddles, belts, hats, sandals, ties, women's bags, wallets, purses and various charro items, decorated with pita threads that make them much more resistant. Precisely, the work with pita fiber, extracted from the maguey, a unique characteristic of Zacatecan saddlery.
In downtown Jerez there are several jewelry stores offering beautiful gold and silver filigree pieces that have even earned them the name of “arracadas jerezanas” (earring crescent shape and the design is a typical floral and filagree center with scalloped edges).
You can also buy carved wooden items, toys, hand-painted pottery, backpacks, sarapes, and jorongos (a traditional Mexican garment, similar to a poncho). One of the best options for buying a good variety of items is the Handicraft Market.
Handicrafts in Nochistlán
The artisans of this town are experts in saddlery, so you can buy products such as: saddles, boots, belts, sheaths for knives, shafts and sandals, among others.
With the mastery that has been acquired in handling leather, the artisians also create attractive bags and footwear with very unique designs.
In addition, they also make beautiful pieces of basketry, embroidered backpacks and pine wood chairs.
A good option to find a good variety of handicrafts and souvenirs is the Municipal Market.
Handicrafts in Pinos
This Magical Town has a very important pottery tradition, so you can find beautiful pots and flowerpots among a wide variety of clay objects, especially the small jars that are used to drink mezcal. Beside, in the surroundings there are some Mezcal Haciendas with the highest quality standards using the traditional method.
Handicrafts in Sombrerete
In this Magical Town you can find tiny leather trunks with pyrography and various ceramic pieces such as ashtrays and cups. In all these pieces the most common decoration is the Cerro de Sombrerillo.
Additionally, you will find some ceramic pieces that are inspired by the vestiges of the Chalchihuites culture that inhabited this region in pre-Hispanic times.
You can find all these products plus others from all over the state of Zacatecas at the Casa de Artesanías located on Av. Hidalgo.
Handicrafts in Teúl de González
Teúl is the ideal place to buy mezcal, as well as agave creams with a coffee, coconut, almond, passion fruit, piña colada or pinion flavor.
Among the handicraft products of Teúl are: pine or copal masks used by dancers on the day of the Holy Cross, as well as various pottery products such as: pots, gourds and casseroles.
In this Magical Town you will also find frayed shawls and attractive jewelry that includes earrings and necklaces.
All these products are available in the Municipal Market.
Handicrafts in Zacatecas City
The capital of Zacatecas is famous for their textiles. There are sarapes and jorongos, jackets and other wool articles.
Honoring its mining tradition, you will find a good selection of jewelry with precious and semiprecious stones, Beside, there are also elegant quarry pieces.
A good option to buy all the handicrafts from all over Zacatecas is the Casa de Artesanías.
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