Santa Clara Del Cobre Hand Hammered Copper Vase 8.5 inch Purepecha Coppersmiths

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Santa Clara Del Cobre Hand Hammered Copper Vase 8.5 inch Purepecha Coppersmiths - Thise piece was hand wrought in Santa Clara del Cobre in Michoacan, Mexico. The men there take copper scraps, wire and stuff like that, and melt it into an ingot in a bellows patterned after the Spaniards bellows they used when they conquered Mexico in the 1500’s.  Everyone in Santa Clara has a workshop behind their house where they create these pieces and they make a lot of their own tools. It is really interesting to see them work. They
Hand raise each vessel from that ingot so the vessel is only one solid piece of copper, nothing soldered or otherwise connected in a separate piece. This requires excellent craftsmanship and lots of time.