More than two decades guarding the techniques of assembly, cut a millimeter in woods and gavetines hidden in the traditional neighborhood of The Round.
In the heart of heritage in The Round, the workshop of Maestro José Luis Jiménez preserves a discipline that flourished in the SIXTEENTH and SEVENTEENTH centuries: the inlaid quito and the joinery assembly fine.
Each work is constructed piece by piece without shortcuts industrial. The selection of woods —such as cedar, walnut, and mahogany— is combined with inlaid millimeter of bone natural shell and mother-of-pearl, achieving compositions that they have rescued the splendor of the Quito School.
His work not only revives geometric and floral colonial, but the complex engineering of the furniture Status: bargueños with locks of forging and drawers the secret (*gavetines hidden*) the mechanism of which is known only to the author and his owner.
Certifications heritage, records of historical newspaper and back of the top cultural institutions of the Equator.
CIDAP & INPC
Official selection to represent the Equator in the Festival of Crafts in America, with the endorsement of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage.
Log Press
Chronicle of the delivery protocol in the Plaza of San Francisco del bargueño colonial prepared as a gift to the city the Supreme Pontiff.
Mayor of Quito
Institutional diffusion by ConQuito, Quito Tourism and Teleamazonas highlighting the accuracy and cultural value of the chests and bargueños copyright.
Formal training in the Quito School certification Status and custody of the intangible heritage of Ecuador.
Technical training and graduation officer as a Master in wood Carving and Joinery Assemblages Traditional of the Quito School.
Integration to the project municipal heritage for the preservation, display, and dissemination of trades colonial to national delegations and international.
Selection and design of the bargueño colonial with secret compartments, delivered by the Mayor of Quito to His Holiness in the Plaza of San Francisco.
Chosen to represent the country at the Pavilion, a Heritage of the XVI Festival of Crafts in America, organized by the inter-American Center of Popular Arts.
Transmission of traditional knowledge in carpentry, imagery, taraceado fine, polychrome oil, incarnate, gold leaf, lacquer and varnish regal.
Official recognition by the DMQ as a cultural manager, craftsman, and traditional custodian's living heritage of the capital.
Professional certification in pedagogy and craft basics of public procurement for the implementation of projects of restoration of the State.
The Master José Luis Jiménez produces commemorative works, bargueños of State projects and economic order.
