Places to visit in San Cristobal de las Casas
Culture

Leñateros Workshop

Leñateros Workshop
Culture

Leñateros Workshop

(967) 678 51 74.

Flavio Abelardo Paniagua No. 54, Barrio de Guadalupe, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis.. 29230.

Free

Monday through Friday 09:00 am - 05:00 pm, Saturday and Saturday 09:00 am - 02:00 pm

Information

Founded in 1975 by the Mexican poet Ambar Past, Taller Leñateros, The Woodlanders Workshop, is an artisan society of Mayan women and men who produce handmade paper, artist books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells.

Among its multiple objectives we’ll mention the documentation, praise and dissemination of Amerindian and popular cultural values: song, literature and plastic arts; the rescue of old and endangered techniques such as the extraction of dyes from wild plants; and generating worthwhile and decently-paid employment for women and men who have no studies, no career.

The Woodlanders Workshop is designed to promote ecology, agricultural and industrial waste recycling to create crafts, artwork and survives thanks to the sale of art-object books, postcards, t-shirts, and posters.

"The only resource we have had, and the most valuable, has been ourselves and the ideas of the collective, our rural-indigenous folk-wisdom."

Multimedia

Photo Gallery

Shop inside the house
Shop inside the house
Postcards and envelopes with a unique design
Postcards and envelopes with a unique design
Recycled Paper Posters
Recycled Paper Posters
Extraction of dyes from wild plants
Extraction of dyes from wild plants
Craft manufacturing
Craft manufacturing
Entrance to the workshop
Entrance to the workshop
Founded in 1975 by the Mexican poet Ambar Past.
Founded in 1975 by the Mexican poet Ambar Past.
Main workshop yard
Main workshop yard
Tools of manufacture of books and notebooks
Tools of manufacture of books and notebooks
Materials for recycling and paper production
Materials for recycling and paper production
Handmade paper by artisans from Chiapas
Handmade paper by artisans from Chiapas
Original gifts in recycled paper
Original gifts in recycled paper
Contacto

Location on map

(967) 678 51 74.

Flavio Abelardo Paniagua No. 54, Barrio de Guadalupe, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis.. 29230.