We are a workshop of craftswomen and craftsmen dedicated to the elaboration of tonas and nahuales, carved out of copal wood.

Our philosophy is based on communality, which in Zapotec is called "Guelaguetza" and is developed along three main axes.

To share what you have

To teach what you know

To do something for your people

Since 1994, the workshops function like a school of art and crafts, giving opportunities to our collaborators so they could acknowledge their talents and have a dignified life and self-develop professionally and humanely. Generating jobs, reducing migration and strengthening the pride and rootedness of young people for their homeland.

We have a deep respect for the environment. We seek to generate a culture of regeneration and not only of consumption of natural resources through reforestation, water harvesting and the preservation of food sovereignty. We are aware of the impact of the use of raw materials so we created Palo Que Habla, our bio-conservation project which allows us to make a responsible consumption of wood and guarantees the continuity of our craft.

We encourage the development of young people through art, sports and culture to break physical and mental boundaries.

We contribute to the integral development of the residents of more than 16 towns in the Ocotlán Valley and to the region's economy.

Our vision is to historically transcend as a model that can be replicated in peripheral parts of the world, to continue growing creatively, consciously, and communally in labor and market terms.

“May the sun enlighten you and the wind guide you, may the water and the earth give you what you need, so that your body, soul and spirit may always be together.”

Teacher Jacobo Ángeles Ojeda