It was a very good day when I found a mailing tube from Querétaro in my mailbox and it was adorned with three very large and gorgeous Mexican postal stamps.
Querétaro is a wonderful old colonial city, the capital of the state of the same name, and a wine-and-cheese center in the highlands northwest of Mexico City. I've been fortunate to have had the chance to taste some wonderful wines from the region, and I have long promised myself to make it some day to the annual wine and cheese festival in neighboring Tequisquiapan. My brain was swimming with great memories of former travels as I pried the cap off the mail tube.
What I found inside is a real treat!
It's a very beautifully made limited-edition print combining an intaglio background and stenciled overlay. The print declares itself to be Zapata, though I don't believe the image is really that of the famous revolutionary guerilla warrior, Emiliano Zapata, who always wore a heavy black mustache. The print image area is approximately 8.5 inches square on a 12x16" hand-torn sheet of fine printmaking paper. A real treat and a genuine treasure!
I have met Mizael through the printmakers group (Press and Roll) on the Iuoma-Ning platform. He wrote me some time back asking if I would be interested in exchanging prints. Now he has set a very high standard, and I had best come up with some fine printmaking to return the generous favor.
Muchas gracias, Mizael! Watch your mailbox!
Hello Dan, thanks for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteOn the matter of the person depicted, I would like to say that it's not Emiliano Zapata, but an anonymous indigenous from the Zapatista movement on the south east region of Mexico.
Best regards, Mizael C.