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SI-FP-1986-CT-172

LOGGER'S SHEET 

LOGGER: Leroy Tsutsumi (sub. Martha Keiger)
REEL NUMBER: 2- side B
STAGE: Cultural Conservation
DATE: 6/29/86
PRESENTOR: Charles Briggs
GROUP NAME: Hispanic Woodcarvers from New Mexico
REGION/STYLE: New Mexico/ Hispanic

| PERFORMER(S) 12:45-1:30| INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
|G. Lopez|                 Woodcarvers|
|R. Lopez|
|S. Lopez|
|S. Ortiz|
|A. Ortiz|


CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. How the tradition began in the Lopez family (since 1918.) Eldest son went to war. father began to carve.
3. Became a means for making a living, passed down thru generations (A gift from God - an inspiration, passed down thru generations, a matter of pride + thanks)
4. What kinds of wood are used? aspen from mountains dry it correctly, cut it at the right time.
5. Changes in the art - people have changed, materials the same.
6. Changes in who purchases the pieces - no longer Mexicano-Catholics only. also bought by people outside the culture.
7. How a piece emerges from the wood.
8. Showing how she (Sarita  ) makes a San Pasqual figure.
9. Use hand tools except for using chain saw to cut + section a tore[[?]]
10. When do you begin to learn the skill? as early as young children.
11. different carving motions are used
12. Lopez' don't paint their figures - use point of knife to make detailed decoration.
13. Carving in Lopez family + Cordova community far from dying out. One began, now 40 members of the family are carving.
14. Not only religious figures (saints virgenes, crosses), also decorative curiosities-things of beauty. Some people concentrate on one or the other.
15. Traditional crafts are not static. Once were painted figures, then began to leave unpainted (in response to different customers), now a younger carver is beginning to experiment with painting again.