Projects completed by students in a repujado workshop at the Latino Cultural Center

One of the things I've enjoyed the MOST in the last year has been teaching repujado classes at the Latino Cultural Center. It's been so much fun to bring this Spanish Colonial art form to the Latino community, and non-Latino's interested in Latino art and culture. I've taught three 2-week sessions and look forward to teaching more. Students have picked up the techniques quickly and walk away with 3-5 hand decorated boxes, crosses or other objects.

Repujado has a strong following throughout Latin America and generates a lot of interest here among scrapbookers, crafters, traditional artisans, and anyone who likes to work with paper. It can be as easy as tracing, or as advanced as any drawing. The final result is a wooden object (such as a box, plaque, cross) on which a fine laminate of handworked aluminum is attached. The aluminum is the "repujado" which means something like "reworked" in Spanish. It's a form of embossing combined with line drawing.

Please email me if you would like to be on a list to be notified for future workshops. My email is carlamarieweir@yahoo.com.

Labels: latino cultural center, repujado, workshop

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