Huichol art and Mexican Jewelry
04/01/2025
Huichol art comes from an ancestral tradition that arises after the images visualized by Huichol shamans or Wixárikas, induced by the ingestion of peyote (hikuri). The artisans, mainly from Nayarit and part of the highlands of Jalisco, Durango and Zacatecas, interpret these visuals and turn them into works of art made with beads and stamens.
Huichol art and Mexican Jewelry
Mexican jewelry pieces for elephant lovers Our country being full of traditions, serves as inspiration for different current designers who are responsible for transmitting our culture to new generations through original art-object pieces. One of these companies is Artesanía de México, which makes jewelry and Wixárika art proudly made in Mexico. As a millenary tradition nurtured by religious devotion, Huichol art boasts an enigmatic and colorful beauty that brings us closer to its most remote origins. It is a grouping of traditional and contemporary styles in folk and popular arts. Fundamentally, Huichol art is a transcription of the images visualized by the shamans provoked by the ritual drink hikuri, from which emerged a number of legends related to their cosmogony.
Mexican handicrafts rescues the artisan tradition to merge it with contemporary design and raw materials of the highest quality. This is how it gives rise to all the chokers, necklaces, bracelets and more that are part of its collections. One of the main characteristics of these works is their striking and colorful decoration, sketches that were created several centuries ago and are the visions they get in their rituals. In addition, this style of art can be seen in various objects and paintings that are decorated with beads or small beads and thread, among other things.
Each of the pieces are hand-woven using thousands and thousands of microchaquira or chaquira beads, depending on the model. Bracelets, for example, are one of their most desired and versatile products, but all their designs are full of shapes and colors that create a unique image and make them an unusual accessory.
