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In Michoacan, Abono Punzo makes art from copper waste (video)
Mexican Handcraft Masters/COPPER from Mariano Rentería Garnica shows Abono Punzo and his crew hard at work making beautiful, functional artifacts from waste copper in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan.
Don’t try this at home: How to make an ‘Obsidian Heart’ (video)
It looks easy if you know how. Mexico City master jeweler José Luis Gonzalez Bautista fashions a silver setting for an Obsidian Heart. [Video by robertopotamo.] Need some silver work? Go straight to Plaza San Jacinto 3B, San Ángel, 01000 Álvaro Obregón, DF, México.
La Cucaracha: April was the warmest month on record (toon)
[April breaks global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs.]