Armando Buitron, Ecuadorian Artist
Armando Buitron is a painter and creator of embossed paper art. A group led by myself and Diego Buitron (Armando’s brother) visited his studio in May 2014 during an art tour through San Antonio de Ibarra. Armando teaches art in Quito, and sells his work in the famous Plaza de Ponchos in the town of Otavalo. During our visit Armando demonstrated making paper pulp which sometimes takes as long as 45 minutes of grinding the wet paper into pulp on a large stone basin. Next the pulp is rolled between two sheets of thin plastic to form sheets. Once the sheets are made they are pressed...
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If you love art and spending time with those who create it; the northern Andean region of Ecuador has much to offer in terms of talented artists, fine craftsmen and craftswomen and their works. More information will appear in other posts, but I decideded to kick off this series of posts by sharing a bit about two artists that completely ‘made my day’ during our tour visit to each of their homes. I was recently privileged to conduct a tour to the village of San Antonio de Ibarra. The tour would not have been possible without the help of Diego Buitron, a generous man who is a...
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