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Artesania de Carrizo en el Pueblo de Ixtolco , Cuautempan , Puebla, Mexico elaborado por Sr. Jose Cabrera Lopez Calle Ocopitzila, Colonia Ocopitzila C.P 73600 Tel 01 797 488 1424 Correo electronica jmrm.62@hotmail.com
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bamboo drying after being split.
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close up of split bamboo
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Carizal or bamboo garden behind the house of Sr Jose Cabrerra Lopez
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The bamboo plant / La planta de carizo
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Large basket often used to carry bread
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Sample of craftsmanship of Sr.Jose
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Different size baskets from IXtolco , Puebla
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Close up of the weave.
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In this photo we can see all the material and process steps. The background has the split bamboo, the wood trunk is finely split leaning against the log is a piece of pine split from the log , which is used to form the basket. The star like piece is the beginings of the baskets, basicly its foundation. In the forground we can see a number of different products.
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Wood is slpit and laid out in this cross pattern , the beginning of the bamboo woven in to hold it in place.
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Sr. Jose showing how to split the pine to form the baskets.
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The hand actions used to split the pine.
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The bamboo is also split and left to dry for some perios of time before being woven into the baskets.
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Close up of the weave and in the back ground there is a sample of the split bamboo.
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