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Casa Castillo’s and the Artisans About Astral Engraving

About Casa Castillo

Hello, Hola,

Welcome to the finest mexican arts on line. My name is Salvador Castillo and I would like to tell you more about our store and background.
I come from a Mexican Artisans family, with more than 100 years in memory making and promoting the finest Mexican arts available. I was born in the very wonderful and full of traditions state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico. After being living in the US, California, for more than 10 years, and noticing the great need for promoting and helping the Mexican artisans, I decided to use advantage of my 10 years of experience in the US market and start helping the artisans to expand their horizons thru the use of the internet.
My main motivation behind is to help the real artisans, the most skill ones, even though sometimes they may not be necessary the most famous or rich ones, to promote their wonderful arts and bring financial aid to continue their passion for the arts.
For more than 5 years I have successfully accomplish in some degree this effort to help the artisans, the one that works with the heart, passion and skillful, to bring to you the finest pieces of Mexican art.
I travel widely all over Mexico, looking in the small towns and cities as well, to get to know those, otherwise unknown artisans, and expend several days with them, getting to know them and get a feel of their passion and their skills, quality and honesty.
I look very closely to see what are they going to do with the income they are going to get from your contributions and purchases, to be sure they continue to expand their skills, variety, acquire new tools, recruit and teach new personnel, as well as contributing to their own community and family. I don’t get involve with artisans that look only for money making deals, and then forget all about the art making process and quality.
So I would like to tell you that every time you make a purchase from Casa Castillo on-line store, I can assure you that you will be contributing to keep these wonderful arts alive and making some community, families and individuals happier and enthusiastic. I can tell you this with all honesty, because I have seeing how wonderful they receive the news when a new order is place, how many more new ideas and designs start to come up when they realize their art work is wanted and it will be in somebody’s home decorating, bringing a piece of them beyond the Mexican border.
I personally thank you in the name of each artisan, and I will keep posting news from them as much as possible, so you can also receive feed back directly from them.
Please feel free to send a message to any of the artisans you feel grateful for, send me an e-mail using the contact us page, and I will be sure to pass that on to them. Every time they hear from the customers I can see their faces lighting up and asking, really? Did they really said that?..
Thanks again for your purchases and contributions. I will always be available for you if you need any assistance or specific needs, feel free to contact me at any time.
If you don’t see what you are looking for or have any specific request, we can process your custom order surely. Please contact us with your details and we will be happy to help you in your project. No problema.


Gracias amigos and Enjoy your part of Mexico at home.
At your service

Salvador Castillo
Owner and Founder

 

Since the creation of Casa Castillo the main motivation behind our store has being the promotion and support of the Mexican Artisans. I travel constantly and widely looking only for the finest arts from and at the same time for those artisans that don’t have much recognition but they have great skills.

We would like to share with you some personal background of our artisans and they arts. For each item you purchase in our store you will have the certainty to know where is coming from and who made it. The artisans work very passionly, and we suppor that, we look for artisans that love their arts, their skills, and that is reflected in the beautiful products they make.

The vibrations of dedicated time, love, patience are certainly pass to the arts, and you will feel that at home, not only a piece of furniture but a part of Mexico and the culture in your home.



Jorge L. Ramirez and Family, Santa Clara del Cobre:

More than 50 years of tradition behind this artisan and his family. He is one of the most recognized and finest artisans in copper in Mexico. His quality and experience in copper are really remarkable. You may see similar items made by other artisans, but once you experience the work of Mr. Ramirez and his family you will never go back, warrantee.

• Luis Torres and Family, Dolores Hidalgo, Gto.

More than 100 years of tradition with this artisan in the process of making Talavera art, specifically the toilet sets and sinks. The Torres shop has wrong from a very simple home shop to a quite big and well equipped factory, however still the hand painted process and the old secret make of his talavera products are still the same as he has learned from past generations. Also you can find other talavera toilets around the town of Dolores, but definitely once you see Mr, Torres work you will fall in love with his art, we warrantee it.

 


 

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