Hi - I'm posting a photo of the latest work produced by Miguel Becerra and his team who are based in the state of Michoacan in Central Mexico. Some of you may have already seen this on Miguel's Facebook page or on the Intarsia Nut's Facebook page.
A few years back Miguel set up a workshop in a redundant woodyard owned by his family for a group of mentally and /or physically disadvantaged individuals who live in and around his home town of Zacapu. He trained these individuals in basic scrollsaw skills and they work as a team to produce some amazing pieces of work which once sold have the proceeds shared between them. Miguel is an accomplished freehand and computer based artist and produces all of the patterns for his team. Some of you may remember a few years back of getting together to donate blades for his team, which was organized by Jim McDonald and myself, after I became aware of the workshop and the financial problems Miguel was having to get it off the ground.
Since its inception Miguel has struggled financially to keep this workshop going but I'm glad to say that after weathering some very rough times he has finally received some recognition in the form of some local government assistance to help him continue the challenge he took on when embarking on this worthy project.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that without assistance from the workshop some of his team would have found themselves living in extremely dire circumstances without any form of financial support. To say this guy is inspirational is an understatement!
I spoke with Miguel a couple of weeks back when he was assembling this piece. He told me that it includes 26 different woods sourced from in and around his locality,
Once we get through this Covid situation my plan is to visit Miguel and video document his work and that of his team and upload it to Youtube to show their work to a wider audience,
Miguel has a very limited understanding of English, hence my writing on his behalf, but if anyone has any questions for him please let me have them and I will get an answer back from him.
Thanks
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A few years back Miguel set up a workshop in a redundant woodyard owned by his family for a group of mentally and /or physically disadvantaged individuals who live in and around his home town of Zacapu. He trained these individuals in basic scrollsaw skills and they work as a team to produce some amazing pieces of work which once sold have the proceeds shared between them. Miguel is an accomplished freehand and computer based artist and produces all of the patterns for his team. Some of you may remember a few years back of getting together to donate blades for his team, which was organized by Jim McDonald and myself, after I became aware of the workshop and the financial problems Miguel was having to get it off the ground.
Since its inception Miguel has struggled financially to keep this workshop going but I'm glad to say that after weathering some very rough times he has finally received some recognition in the form of some local government assistance to help him continue the challenge he took on when embarking on this worthy project.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that without assistance from the workshop some of his team would have found themselves living in extremely dire circumstances without any form of financial support. To say this guy is inspirational is an understatement!
I spoke with Miguel a couple of weeks back when he was assembling this piece. He told me that it includes 26 different woods sourced from in and around his locality,
Once we get through this Covid situation my plan is to visit Miguel and video document his work and that of his team and upload it to Youtube to show their work to a wider audience,
Miguel has a very limited understanding of English, hence my writing on his behalf, but if anyone has any questions for him please let me have them and I will get an answer back from him.
Thanks
last supper.jpg
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