Sale for 1 Bolo Tie-4 Saints to choose from! Choose Guadalupe, San Jose, San Miguel or St. Francis!

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Margarito Mondragón:

World renown Santero Margarito Mondragón is a New Mexico native who carries on the traditional art known to New Mexico & especially in the northern part of New Mexico area. Born in Ocate NM, but raised in Las Vegas,NM, Margarito happens to be apart of the prestigious “SPANISH COLONIAL ARTS SOCIETY“ who puts on our yearly Santa Fe Spanish Market..

Margarito’s calling came from his days when he was working as a heavy equipment operator with the New Mexico Highway Department. The story goes, that on one snowy winter day while bringing in a load of firewood, Margarito saw the face of Christ in a piece of wood. He then proceeded to carve his 1st “BULTO” (dimensional Saint statue) with a knife & a screwdriver & that’s when he said goodbye to his day job! Now he continues to focus on one piece at a time & lets the wood ‘speak’ to him & what ever the wood says, that ‘s what’s carved!

Although descending from a historical line of Spanish Colonial artisans that came into New Mexico centuries ago,Margarito is actually a self taught artist. He makes his own varnish & pigments that are derived from the earth & still uses the same traditional methods that came out of the 1600-1700’s time period. He prepares his dyes, pigments & varnishes from natural vegetable & mineral materials.After carving the image, he then mixes & applies 4 coats of “Gesso”. And finally ,he paints the image & completes it by applying natural beeswax.

.His Spanish Market Recognition's:

• Design Award-2001

• *Alter Screens-2nd Place

• *Directors Choice Awards-2003

• Mixed Media:-2nd Place-2003

• Summer Market Poster-2006

• Bultos en Nicho-2009

• Peoples Choice Award-2010

• He has been featured in the “New Mexico Magazine” and has been included in several books, including “Our Saints Among Us” He has also received numerous awards at “Tesoros Spanish Market in Denver, Co., San Felipe de Neri Spanish Market in Albuquerque ,NM

THE SAINTS SHOWN LEFT TO RIGHT IN PHOTOS:

GUADALUPE: (Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe)-FEAST DAY: DECEMBER 12Th

Patron: of the Americas

SAN JOSE:FEAST DAY: MARCH 19TH

Patron: of unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death

SAN MIGUEL (ST.MICHAEL) FEAST DAY: SEPTEMBER 29TH

Patron: of Police, military, and first responders, the sick, grocers, mariners, and paratroopers, Radiologists, San Miguel is also recognized as the patron saint of radiologists., children.

ST FRANCIS de ASSISI: FEAST DAY: OCTOBER 4TH

Patron: of the environment, animals, and birds because of the respect he gave to all God's creatures.

**Each retablo is separated by the back side photo of the retablo shown in previous photo (For example: Guadalupe is shown 1st in photos, so after you see the backside of her retablo, comes the San Jose photos, then the next & the next..

All the weights, measurements for each retablo & any other info, will be in the photos.