Another busy day. I prepped five new canvases in my series before we left for a tour of a new shop that our friends Sid and Sheila will be managing. Tucked away on a back street, Mann Made Mexico features the designs of an American woman who has all of the pieces made in Mexico.
She selects materials that are readily available and then employs artisans from the area. The chair is strung with thin strips of leather, the stools are woven plastic and the lamps are local vine and sisal.
A short walk from the shop is the apartment that she has leased for five years. It overlooks the river and is filled with her eclectic furniture designs.
She had the kitchen counters refinished with polished cement and drew a chalk design on the upright part of the bar. A ceramic rooster and elephant perch on the counter!
This is one of eight dining room chairs that surround the wooden slab contemporary table. Handwoven fabric is stretched across the seat cushions, the back is woven straw and the base is woven plastic around a metal frame.
Juan del Dio and Juan del Diablo. Which is which?
After touring this apartment we drove up the river to El Rio for a late lunch of ribs & beans.
The mariachi band was taking a break when we arrived.
I am sure that each pair of mariachi pants is individually made
to tightly fit the contours of diverse body shapes!!
The restaurant overlooked a popular swimming hole.
On a Sunday afternoon there were a lot of families enjoying the cool water.
The older boys were doing daredevil stunts off the rocks!
The ribs were delicious, the setting was ideal and Julia, the dog, enjoyed every bit of flavour from the bones we donated to her. Later, she followed me to the washroom and washed her meal down with a good drink from the toilet...much to the horror of another patron!
