We visited Fernando Arroy and his wife Belem at their home and workshop in Capula. Fernando combines the traditional pointillist technique with innovative designs of fish, animals, flowers and geometric forms. We feature his large fish platter on the homepage of our website. It sells for $100 at the shop (636 S Park St, Madison, WI) but is not available through the website at this time.
We wanted to buy the platter Fernando is holding in this photo, but it had won a major competition and was outside our price range.
Although hard to see in the photo, the plate is filled with Monarch butterflies. The Monarch butterflies winter at a preserve in the state of Michoacan, not far from Capula.
Instead of the prize-winner, we chose a couple plates from a sample slection displayed on the wall. We hope to receive them in the shop in mid-April.
I'm always amazed at the freehand precision of these artists. In this next photo, Fernando begins with a line on the edge of a bowl. We have one of his oval bowls available for sale on the Chiripa website.
My next post will be with another family in Capula. 
2 comments:
It is really nice to see this. My grandmother lives in Capula. She makes platters and I have seen all the hard work they put in making their work really unique and very special!!
I was just in Capula last week and althought the town is very small it has so much to offer in Art, I brough back 6 large Catrinas and various small ones so inexpensive compared to other cities in Mexico where I saw them. I will definetly be back every year to buy more. I am seriusly looking into importing into the states to sell.
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