CREADORES ARTESANOS

Miguel Angel, Tinplate Artisan Creator

Miguel Ángel sees tin as the best material to express all his creativity. He is concerned about continuing to learn and ensuring that tradition is not lost.

Six generations of his family have been making unique pieces of tin and passing on the five-step technique from parents to children: drawing, cutting, chiseling, welding and painting.

Everyone has their own style and each piece is unique, since the shape is given by the hands. That is where their value lies. As Michelangelo says:“A machine may make a piece, but it will always be a copy.”

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"There are no comparables in tinplate because the shapes of the features are given by the hands."

Miguel Angel

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Lo que empezó siendo un juego de niña, es lo que ahora le da de comer.

In Michelangelo's tin workshop, he works with various metals, such as tin, brass, copper and nickel silver. First, the design is drawn on the metal sheets.

Then, cut it out with metal scissors. To do this step correctly, you need a lot of skill and practice, because if you make even the slightest mistake, the piece will not be usable.

In the next step, the pieces are chiseled by hand, forming the pieces of the final design, which will then be welded.

The last step is to paint the piece if it has paint and file down any imperfections by hand.