27/01/2025
JEWELS OF THE MAGIC TOWNS
This is a pair of pendants specially designed for the exhibition "Joyas de los Pueblos Mágicos" (Jewels from the Magic Towns) organized by designer Pineda Damian. He asked artists to design two jewels inspired in one of the magic towns from Coahuila State and one jewel inspired in some other magic town around the country.
For the Coahuila Magic Town, I picked Cuatro Cienegas, a location in the state's desert region. Cuatro Ciénegas is Spanish for "four marshes". There's a Biological Reserve. They are small ecosystems with unique fauna and flora that are highly protected by mexican government authorities. There are some 150 different plants and animals endemic to the valley and its surrounding mountains.
Scientists working in the basin and some local residents claim to have observed reduced spring discharge and a decrease in surface water in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in recent years. Some have blamed the possible drying out on changes in climate and others have ascribed it to the introduction of large scale agriculture in adjacent valleys over the past two decades.
Cuatrocienegas. MDF board, cotton thread, silver chain.
Laser cut, hand sewn.
In my Cuatrocienegas piece my goal is to emphasize the interaction between ecosystems with different geographic locations. What you do in some place can have an impact in some other location.
For the Hidalgo magic town, I picked Mineral del Chico, a location in the state's forest region. Mineral del Chico is a miner town in the Pachuca Mountains.
National parks have been established to contribute to conservation and management of natural resources and manage ecosystems and it's biodiversity that represent Mexico as a country.
Sadly, nowadays this protected forest has been damaged by forest fires, intense exploit of cattle farms and intense logging.
Mineral del Chico. MDF board, cotton thread, silver chain.
Laser cut, hand sewn.
In my Mineral del Chico piece my goal is to emphasize the interaction between ecosystems with different geographic locations. What you do in some place can have an impact in some other location.