List of Mexican artisans

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This is a list of notable Mexican artisans:

Baskets and other non-textile fibers

Feo Ariza (straw mosaics)
Rosalinda Cauich Ramirez (baskets)^[1]
Ángel Gil (ixtle fiber products, Guanajuato)^[2]
Apolinar Hernandez Balcazar (baskets, State of Mexico)^[3]
Fortunato Hernández Bazán (ixtle fiber products, Oaxaca)^[4]
Fortunato Moreno Reinoso (reed and bamboo objects, Michoacan)^[5]
Pineda Palacios family (palm frond nativity scenes, Puebla)^[6]
María Quiñones Carrillo (baskets, Chihuahua)^[7]
Felipa Tzeek Naal (palm frond weaving, Campeche)^[8]
Villajuana family (hammocks, Yucatán)^[9]
Andrés Uc Dzul (Panama hats, Campeche)^[10]

Lacquer ware

Mario Agustín Gaspar (Michaocan)^[11]
Pablo Dolores Regino (Guerrero))^[12]
Francisco Coronel Navarro (Guerrero) ^[13]

Metal working

Punzo family (copper crafts) (Michoacán)^[14]
William Spratling (silver, Guerrero)^[15]
Apolinar Aguilar Velasco (steel blades, Oaxaca)^[16]

Paper-based crafts

Linares family (alebrijes and cartonería)(Mexico City)^[17]
Pedro Linares (alebrijes and cartonería, Mexico City)^[18]
Rodolfo Villena Hernández (cartonería, Puebla)^[19]
Hermes Arroyo (cartonería and other media, San Miguel de Allende))^[20]
Sotero Lemus^[21]
Adalberto Álvarez Marines^[22]

Pottery

Aguilar family (pottery)^[23]
Josefina Aguilar (Oaxaca)^[24]
Hilario Alejos Madrigal(Michoacan)^[25]
Neftalí Ayungua Suárez (Michoacan)^[26]
Alberto Bautista Gómez (Chiapas)^[27]
Jesús José Berabe Campechano(Jalisco)^[28]
Blanco family(Oaxaca)^[29]
Teodora Blanco Núñez^[29]
María Lilia Calam Que(Campeche)^[30]
Celso Camacho Quiroz (State of Mexico)^[31]
Jesús Carranza Cortés (ceramic figures, Jalisco)^[32]
Alfonso Castillo Orta (Trees of life, Puebla)^[33]
Miguel Chan and Roger Juárez (Yucatán)^[34]
Cayetano Corona Gaspariano(Tlaxcala)^[35]
Margarita Cruz Sipuachi (Chihuahua)^[36]
José García Antonio(Oaxaca)^[37]
Maximo Gómez Ponce(Puebla)^[38]
Adrián Luis González(State of Mexico)^[39]
Gorky González Quiñones(Guanajuato)^[40]
Florentino Jimón Barba(Jalisco)^[41]
Leonarda Estrella Laureano(Sinaloa)^[42]
Carlomagno Pedro Martínez (barro negro, Oaxaca)^[43]
Zenón Martínez García(Jalisco)^[44]
Esther Medina Hernández(Puebla)^[45]
Felipa Hernandez Barragan(Morelos)^[46]
Emilio Molinero Hurtado(Michoacan)^[47]
Rosalinda Cauich Ramirez (Quintana Roo)^[1]
María de Jesús Nolasco Elías(Michoacan)^[36]
Trinidad Núñez Quiñones
Nicasio Pajarito Gonzalez (Jalisco)^[48]
Ignacio Peralta Soledad (ceramic sculptures, Puebla)^[49]
Juan Quezada Celado(Chihuahua)^[50]
Guillermo Ríos Alcalá(Colima)^[51]
Elena Felipe and Bernadina Rivera(Michoacan)^[52]
Doña Rosa (barro negro, Oaxaca)^[53]
Pedro Ruíz Martínez and Odilia Pineda (Michoacan)^[54]
Ángel Santos Juárez(Jalisco)^[55]
Soteno family of Metepec(State of Mexico)^[56]
Cesar Torres Ramírez (Talvera pottery, Puebla)^[57]
Uriarte Talavera (Talavera ceramics, Puebla)^[58]
Salvador Vázquez Carmona(Jalisco)^[59]
Angélica Delfina Vásquez Cruz (Oaxaca)^[60]
Jorge Wilmot (Jalisco)^[61]

Textiles

Ana Karen Allende (rag dolls, Mexico City)^[62]
Leocadia Cruz Gómez (backstrap loom weaving, Veracruz)^[63]
Celsa María Iuit Moo (henequen weaving, Yucatán)^[64]
Florentina López de Jesús (weaving, Guerrero)^[65]
Pedro Preux (rug making, Mexico City)^[66]
Arnulfo Mendoza^[67]
Original Friends Dolls (cloth dolls, Guadalajara)^[68]
Porfirio Gutierrez (weaver)^[69]

Wood

Jacobo Angeles^[70]
Aguirre family (inlaid wood items, Jalisco)^[71]
Manuel Jiménez Ramírez (alebrijes, Oaxaca)^[72]
Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo (furniture, Colima)^[73]
José Reyes Juárez (masks, Tlaxcala)^[74]
Hipolito Vázquez Sánchez (wood carving, Tlaxcala)^[75]
Ascensión de la Cruz Morales (musical instruments, Durango)^[76]
Agustín Parra Echauri (reproduction of colonial era pieces, Jalisco)^[77]
Agustín Cruz Tinoco (Oaxaca)^[78]
Plácido Otilia family (musical instruments, San Luis Potosí)^[79]

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