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Delfina Vásquez Cruz has been recognized as a master of Oaxaca folk art through her pottery which often includes angels and local animals. Her craft was taught to her by her father, who learned from his own father, and she has passed it down to her own daughter and granddaughter. She works
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Delfina Cruz Díaz and Ernesto Vásquez Reyes, who taught their daughter artisan works and how to fashion toys, small jars, pots, and pans. In 1978, after learning how to decorate handicrafts, Vásquez began making her own crafts in her own style, inspired by the mythology,
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with local materials, constructed traditionally and then wood fired upon completion. She makes each piece uniquely and by hand.
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Chicago Museum's Celebrating Life exhibition in 1993, the annual
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Vásquez has exhibited her works at the
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