点评:I visited the David Hernandez workshop this past week the second week of March 2025. We were greeted by an English speaking worker there and given a full tour of the whole process of creating alebrijes from conception to finish. Each worker greeted us at there stage of the process as they demonstrated their techniques: sketching, wood carving, wood blemish and crack repair, prepping for painting and painting. The symbols/patterns used in painting were explained as well as the concept and origin of alebrijes. This work shop and one other workshop in San Martin Tilcajete, Jacobo & Maria Angeles, produce the finest quality work in the town. We walked about and visited some lesser known producers to see the quality at various levels, but none compare to the work of the artisans of the two workshops I mentioned above.
In Oaxaca, there are a couple of places that had work by artisans equivalent to those San Martin Tilcajete workshops mentioned above:
The following information is accurate as of March 17, 2025:
There is a Jocobo & Maria Angels Gallery in Oaxaca centro at
C. Macedonio Alcalá 303, 68070 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
This location displays and sells the less expensive pieces produced by this studio, most under $100.
The following two stores have large selections of alebriges at various quality levles reflected by their very good prices. On my one month long trip to Oaxaca, along with the Jocobo & Maria Angels Gallery mentioned above, these are the best shops I could find. Some (not all) of the alebriges offered in these shops match the quality of that produced by the best shops mentioned above in San Martin Tilcajette and comperable or cheaper prices:
Biini
M. Bravo 113, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
La Casa de las Artesanías de Oaxaca
Mariano Matamoros 105, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
翻译:上周,也就是 2025 年 3 月的第二周,我参观了 David Hernandez 工作室。一位会说英语的工人在那里迎接了我们,并带我们参观了从构思到完成的整个 alebrijes 制作过程。每位工人都向我们展示了他们的技术:素描、木雕、木材瑕疵和裂缝修复、绘画准备和绘画。他们解释了绘画中使用的符号/图案以及 alebrijes 的概念和起源。这个工作室和位于 San Martin Tilcajete、Jacobo & Maria Angeles 的另一个工作室生产出镇上最优质的作品。我们四处走走,拜访了一些不太知名的生产商,了解了不同层次的质量,但没有一个能与我上面提到的两个工作室的工匠的作品相比。
在瓦哈卡,有几个地方有与上述 San Martin Tilcajete 工坊相当的工匠作品:
以下信息截至 2025 年 3 月 17 日准确无误:
瓦哈卡市中心有一家 Jocobo & Maria Angels 画廊,地址为
C. Macedonio Alcalá 303, 68070 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
该地点展示和销售该工作室生产的较便宜的作品,大多数价格低于 100 美元。
以下两家商店有大量不同质量水平的 alebriges 选择,价格非常优惠。在我为期一个月的瓦哈卡之旅中,以及上面提到的 Jocobo & Maria Angels 画廊,这些是我能找到的最好的商店。这些商店提供的部分(并非全部)啤酒的质量可与上述 San Martin Tilcajette 最好的商店生产的啤酒相媲美,而且价格相当或更便宜:
Biini
M. Bravo 113, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
La Casa de las Artesanías de Oaxaca
Mariano Matamoros 105, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca