Intangible heritage of Quito • Workshop: in The Round
Unique pieces of high precision, chests with secret compartments and bargueños colonial carved entirely by hand by the Master José Luis Jimenez Arteaga. More than 25 years, preserving the heritage live in San Marcos and Round.
School graduate Workshop Quito I and recognized artisan iconic in contests continental (CIDAP), José Luis Jiménez makes the finest wood, inlaid with bone and mother-of-pearl objects that are not only decorate: preserve memory and narrate history.
Certification and Recognition CIDAP • Living Heritage of the DMQ
The rigor manual applied to every millimeter of wood ensures immortal works that transcend generations.
Mosaic ornamental created by cutting and embedding millimeter of different woods light and dark combined with mother-of-pearl and bone. Crosshairs, wavy and diamonds of high chroma natural.
Inspired by the traditional bargueños regal. Mechanisms and hidden compartments designed with pinpoint accuracy to protect and guard personal treasures.
Direct carving in wood noble inspired by colonial architecture, churches and convents of Quito. Traditional techniques of gilding, polychromy and varnishes classic.
Papal visit to Quito • Gift Officer
In July of 2015, the Metropolitan Municipality of Quito was selected by the teacher José Luis Jiménez to design and develop the piece summit of the city: a bargueño colonial quito with drawers secrets, delivered directly to His Holiness Francisco.
"A bargueño colonial-style made by the craftsman José Luis Jiménez was delivered to the Supreme Pontiff, as a souvenir of his pastoral visit along the Keys of the City".
For sale Direct from the Workshop
Museum pieces, commemorative projects and reliquaries of high collection.
Reports, chronicles and cultural coverage documenting the rescue vivo colonial art in The Round.
Log journalistic about the history of these movable property, the pinpoint accuracy of their hiding places and the craftsmanship that endures in Quito.
Review of the official handover of the bargueño colonial prepared by the master José Luis Jiménez to His Holiness during his historic visit to the Plaza de San Francisco in Quito.
Live demonstration of the techniques of cutting a bone, mother-of-pearl and assemblies by friction in the traditional neighborhood of San Marcos and Round.
Whether to order a commemorative piece from any place or to live the process of marquetry live in the Historic Center of Quito.
We design reliquaries, bargueños colonial, gifts of institutional, State and restore pieces of property with woods, mother-of-pearl and bone.
You know the bank of traditional woodwork, admire the file-frets colonial and observed in vivo, the technique of cutting and embedding.
