A lamp I couldn’t refuse

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A lamp I couldn’t refuse

July 5, 2019 by spixl

While Juana was wrapping the branches and trunk of my newly acquired hat stand (my aforementioned decade-in-Oaxaca anniversary present to myself), I wandered around Matlacihua Arte. My eyes and feet kept drawing me to a back corner of the showroom where a lamp, assembled from three intricately carved and painted jícara gourds, beckoned.

It is the work of Gabriel Sosa Ortega, the son of Jesus and Juana. Working in a variety of mediums, Gabriel is one of the up and coming talented young artists being recognized in the state. He was part of the Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art (FOFA) exhibition of young artists at the Museo Estatal de Arte Popular Oaxaca (MEAPO) and he collaborated with Jesus Sosa Calvo (his father) and US-based artist Joe Lewis in a piece for the Bajo la bóveda azul cobalto/Under the Cobalt Blue Sky — an exhibition of international collaboration at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO).

Gabriel’s lamp made me an offer I couldn’t refuse!

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Creativity, Culture, People, Travel & Tourism | Tagged artesania, decorative gourds, Gabriel Sosa Ortega, jícara, lamps, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, San Martín Tilcajete | 12 Comments

12 Responses

on July 5, 2019 at 10:22 am | Reply Marnie Fleming

Ohhh! I love the shadows that it throws as well!
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:19 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Me, too!
on July 5, 2019 at 12:26 pm | Reply Alana

What a spectacular source of light!
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:20 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Thank you! Looking at it makes me smile.
on July 5, 2019 at 1:03 pm | Reply Marilyn Albright

Qué padre! It’s easy to see why you couldn’t resist!
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:20 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Yep! What a talented family!
on July 5, 2019 at 5:26 pm | Reply smarshasherman

Stunning.
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:21 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Thanks, I think so, too!
on July 6, 2019 at 11:37 pm | Reply Debra Liljegren Espinosa

So beautiful!
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:21 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Thank you. I love looking at it!
on July 7, 2019 at 11:48 pm | Reply Carol Watts

Wow!! Beautiful!
- on July 9, 2019 at 12:22 pm | Reply spixl
  
  Thanks, Carol. Can’t wait until you can see it in person!