Artists of Life

Produced by Cristobal Ortega
Translation by Aidé Aranda

Ulises and Christopher Aguacate Gonzalez are teenage brothers living by themselves in San Simon El Alto, Mexico. If they do not sell woodcraft, they may go without eating for a day. He believes that if he can shape wood, then he will learn to shape his own life..

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Gary’s Art
by Jason Yang
Translation by Aidé Aranda

Jason wrote about Gary, one of Ulises’ wood carving teachers and one of the most respected masters of the craft in Malinalco.
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