Bucerias "Huichol Artist" Martin Jimenez Garcia & his DaZzling beadwork.

Local Huichol artist Martin Jimenez Garcia explains the history and technique about his art along with the various symbols on the art work.The colors are dazzling. You can find him in Bucerias and around Puerto Vallarta.

[@sherirex7177]

I was in Bucerias in January. The beading is so beautiful. Loved all of it.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you!

[@heavenlycrystalsandcandles3609]

Wow beautiful work

[@your-drunk--go-home1101]

Wow.. This is beautiful work I have lived in Colorado around the Indians of many different tribes but this is some of the best work I have ever seen..

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much Irene. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@dsmddc2012]

Most beautiful art i have seen!!!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

The cat is magnificent!!!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you!

[@danawirthrittenhouse6414]

I have a beautiful Huichol piece that I bought over ten years ago in Puerto Vallarta. It is an owl standing about ten inches tall and is covered with beads of many colors. It wasn't till many years later that I realized the back looks like a picture of a cat, I was so surprised because although I love owls, my spirit animal is a cat. I am not well and I have a very smart Siamese cat who takes care of me. If he is worried something is wrong he will talk to me and touch me till I wake up. I have been sleeping for over two days because my pain had kept me awake for weeks. Jack woke me up periodically, I would feed him and his companion, get something to eat, clean their treasure box, use the bathroom then he would let me go back to sleep. He would check on me about every four hours. You say he was just hungry but I did not always feed him. He is also my official companion animal. I am happy to have my Jack and I am also so happy to have my Huichol owl/cat, it is treasured. I know the owl is one of the original gods but know nothing about the cat. Does it have any significance? 😼💜

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much for sharing that. Hugs

[@alicetrend5234]

Stunning

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you

[@alyseharrell1344]

This is so incredible

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you

[@julyplancart4446]

Bellísimo el trabajo. El arte huichol ❤

[@Tismesue]

Ah peyote! What an experience peyote is! And such beautiful beadwork. Many artists have been inspired by hallucinogens, and you can certainly see it in this kind of work. Beautiful!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm. Live long and prosper!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Here is hoping you have a marvelous 2018! Sue J

[@maryzylema9699]

Beautiful !💖

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your work!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks!

[@marianagonzalezhuerta3249]

just a precision, huichols and aztecs are two very different cultures. Huichols live in the desert, at the north west of Mexico, and aztecs were end empire from the south center of Mexico, made by different groups of populations who where assimilated by the aztec culture. Huichols are still here, aztecs "disappeared" (the empire) with the conquest of spanish. About peyote (peyotl) this cactus from de desert, is not a drug for 'having fun" or having and "interested trip". They are now in danger of extinction. Thanks for your interest in one of the most beautiful and richest cultures in the world: Huichols, and mexican in general.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Buenas dias Mariana, Thanks so much for clarifying those points here about the Huichols and the Aztecs. I agree with you too about peyotl and consider it a sacred plant of the highest order.. I know about the silver mining in the sacred area where it grows and the dilemma this has placed upon the Huichol culture. I admire this culture and their practices too. Just minutes before finding this comment, I was just thinking about going to live with the Huichols in San Andreas area and I also know a few Shaman personally in the Tepic Region which I am heading to soon. I take this coincidence as a good sign and that if you have anything else to share with me at this time , please do. Gracias Alfonso. My Mexican name.

[@marianagonzalezhuerta3249]

Great project. i`ll try to follow your posts if you share something about these trip with huichols. I've never been there(but i 've read about it), so i can`t tel you more. Enjoy your travel Alfonso!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much Mariana!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much for sharing those insights.

[@AlgisKemezys]

I think you are being rather presumptuous about the use of Peyote here. Nobody is saying what you seem so ready to accuse people of. Who are you accusing of what here? Could you clarify your statement as to who is doing what? Your words being not backed by actually fact is the start of some really negative activity. What is your motivation for this? Are you attacking me as well? The disappearance of Peyote is a frightful concept to me. As far as I am concerned Peyote is a sacred medicine of the highest order. If you want to attack someone attack the Canadian silver miners who are there ruining the religious area for profit.

[@lilratpiss]

Wow beautiful

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you Isabel.

[@sherylcrowe3255]

Gorgeous!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you so much Sheryl. Have a great summer even though we are having the COVIDays

[@teerich2011]

I saw a huichol art and jewelry Facebook page and came to research. He has even more stunning art than I saw earlier! Jehovah God truly has given amazing talent to humans all over the world. Now have to check if my native Arawak and Afrocaribbean ancestors (Jamaican) had some type of art like this.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

[@teerich2011]

@@AlgisKemezys although I don't celebrate holidays, thanks for the sentiment. I hope you and your family stay safe

[@AlgisKemezys]

@@teerich2011 Thank you and you as well. God Bless

[@catfourfeathers1813]

Hiya! I'm Navajo. Do my own bit of beadwork. And so many similarities. :) bead on. Beautiful work.

[@AlgisKemezys]

THX so much!

[@morenitapielcanela21]

We Mexicans are the same people as the indigenous people of the north America, I am Purepecha realted to the Zunis of Arizona and the Incas.. We are One .

[@AlgisKemezys]

@@morenitapielcanela21 Nice to know that. Thank you!

[@yolandavelazquez8642]

Beautiful art

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks Yolanda.

[@AncientOne222]

Thanks for sharing the artwork is amazing

[@AlgisKemezys]

OK, I do what I can!

[@guadalupeparra8750]

Q bellos trabajos...FELICIDADES

[@AlgisKemezys]

Gracias Guadalupe Parra

[@guadalupeparra8750]

Que tristeza da q no sepan apreciar a estos artesanos ¡¡¡

[@sherylcrowe3255]

I love the cat!

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you!

[@willcoin2480]

That is awsome work

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you!

[@DobermansRock]

I want the turtle. Very important to my people.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Good choice Joe. The turtle is so important in many mythological legends.

[@deemarie9616]

How does wax hold them on? Wouldn't heat make them fall off? I want to do this on a cup. But no wax. Suggestions?

[@AlgisKemezys]

Bees wax mixed with a little ordinary wax is the blend .

[@deemarie9616]

@Algis Kemezys wouldn't that melt? If heat was anywhere near it.... or if power went off etc.....?

[@AlgisKemezys]

@@deemarie9616 No 75 % bees wax and 25 5 regular candle wax. It is the perfect blend and does not melt. Good luck with your endeavours.

[@emilyterry8617]

❤❤❤❤

[@ink70162]

What size beads . Beautiful work

[@AlgisKemezys]

Very small.

[@Brme-hb6yy]

If it's bee's wax and candle wax if it gets to warm does it melt and fall apart?

[@AlgisKemezys]

It would have to be very very hot for anything to happen to it. Never place in the sun during the summer. Otherwise it will last a few lifetimes if not a dozen.

[@Brme-hb6yy]

Algis Kemezys would it be difficult for some one such as my self to make something like this for myself and if so what kind of wax and where can I get it

[@AlgisKemezys]

Now thats a good question. Check your hobby store or order it online....Here is hoping you have a marvelous 2018!

[@teresapajuelolopez55]

Que pégame to usas? What glue do you use?? Pleasee

[@AlgisKemezys]

Bees wax mixed with a little candle wax.

[@rosybecerragonzalez5166]

mi amigo Martín

[@AlgisKemezys]

Mucho grascias. Martin is superb. Best wishes for you in 2018

[@Onelovetess]

I would love to buy the cat. How much?

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you! it's gone.

[@jalisquillo_borreguito7943]

*¿Se supone que él es Huichol? Hasta en eso agandallamos a los pobres indígenas, deberíamos respetar su oficio y arte, de por si se las ven muy duras, si nos ponemos a hacer sus artesanias menos fuentes de trabajo habrá para ellos*.

[@AlgisKemezys]

OK

[@mixcarrillo1629]

Estoy muy de acuerdo contigo...pero nosotros mismos tenemos la culpa..x enseñar nuestro arte...☹️☹️☹️

[@astroid-ws4py]

amazing art ill buy ebay

[@namoamita55]

astroid 5698 Don't be stupid please,why buy there is you can buy directly to them? No matter when,but better start to do the right thing: buy to the craft -people instead to the multinational.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thats a very good point. Let the money fall into the hands that make these without the middle man taking most of it.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much, ..Here is hoping you have a marvelous 2018!

[@aethegreat2015]

Aho

[@fayelo7306]

.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thank you!

[@mixcarrillo1629]

Muy bonito y todo..pero no estoy de acuerdo que gente como usted se cuelgue del trabajo de nosotros los Artesanos...😒😒😒

[@AlgisKemezys]

Gracias, pero debes esperar que otros se inspiren y se vean influenciados por grandes obras de arte. Desafortunadamente, nadie puede tener todo el control sobre una forma de arte. Todos los que lo practican benefician a todos los que lo hacen.

[@oscarhernandez-yp1eh]

is this guy huichol?i wonder if huichol people get mad that other people are doing there art.

[@kaseythompson4670]

I came to this video to learn how to do this artwork, but I'm somewhat afraid of being accused of cultural appropriation. If I did try it, it's not something that I would sell. I'd do it simply for the pleasure of working the piece. What's your opinion, Oscar?

[@AlgisKemezys]

The ultimate aspect of Art is to inspire people to another level. The most sincere form of flattery is imitation. All art speaks for itself. Martin inspires other Huichol artists and becomes part of the process. To be drawn to any Art form is to be summoned by a spirit greater than yourself.. Martin might have even been Huichol in his previous lifetime. One must consider that as well. The only thing that ever belongs to us is the ground we walk on temporarily at any given moment.

[@AlgisKemezys]

The ultimate aspect of Art is to inspire people to another level. The most sincere form of flattery is imitation. All art speaks for itself. Martin inspires other Huichol artists and becomes part of the process. To be drawn to any Art form is to be summoned by a spirit greater than yourself.. Martin might have even been Huichol in his previous lifetime. One must consider that as well. The only thing that ever belongs to us is the ground we walk on temporarily at any given moment.

[@starlifeforce]

oscar hernandez He says "we" so I'd say he's got some huichol in him.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Thanks so much, ..Here is hoping you have a marvelous 2018!

[@ivanruiz-albor5503]

this fool aint huichol lol

[@AlgisKemezys]

Ivan, Martin is no fool. He is both inspired by the Huichol and supports them by selling their art.

[@AlgisKemezys]

Here is hoping you have one excellent New Year too!