Los Leñateros

In the past five years I have visited the southern area of Mexico on four different trips. The mountainous San Cristobal de las Casas of the state of Chiapas is one of my favorite places. In San Cristobal there is a group of Mayan artisans that run a workshop called Taller Leñateros. The artisans make beautiful block prints and screen printed works of all shapes and sizes. Their books should be considered for global book arts prizes and are examples of historical Mayan literature preservation. They also make the books and prints from the wasted paper products of San Cristobal. I own a copy of the pricey Incantations that is filled with various Mayan literature and block prints for illustrations. you can order products by Taller Leñateros here.

(photo of one of my photos because my hard drive crashed a while back.)

Kickflip Kulture

The kickflip is a skateboard maneuver that has been popularized through various forms of media. Skateboard culture has been on a roller-coaster rise and decline pattern since its spotlighting in the 80's. Since the progression of "sidewalk surfing" of the 60's, a sub-culture of diverse people has managed to survive. Nowadays the skateboard industry has become a billion dollar market with millions of skaters across the globe. Skate culture is so big it now has cultures within itself; alt, hipster, preppy, hesh, fresh, and mashup mixtures of all the styles. One great thing about true skate culture is that its all about skating. Every one is generally on the same team. Despite the existence of the skateboard culture there has been a lack of places to purchase skateboards, wheels, trucks, and clothes. For a few years there has been no where to buy gear in bountiful, but now there is a shop called Annex. It opened its doors on black Friday and I hope it will be here for the skate culture of years to come.

We made a website in class, and this was mine

file:///Volumes/cpack/Sites/PackCslcslotcar/index.html