A wood nativity set by Louise Ortega sells for $390 at the Christmas Shop.
A tin retablo ornament of the Holy Family by Richard Gabriel Jr. of Tijeras is available at The Shop, a Christmas Store, in Santa Fe. COURTESY OF THE SHOP, A CHRISTMAS STORE
A Mexican tin chile ornament sells for $4.25 at the Christmas Shop.
Folk artist Kenny Chavez creates ornaments out of wire and recycled tin. His work is available at Masks y Mas in Nob Hill.
A tin cross by Barbara Barnett is $12.95 at the Christmas Shop.
Laura Martin’s painted gourd Santa is $9.50 at the Christmas Shop.
Folk artist Kenny Chavez creates ornaments out of wire and recycled tin. His work is available at Masks y Mas in Nob Hill.
Jil Gurulé created this Madonna and Child, found at The Shop in Santa Fe. COURTESY OF THE SHOP, A CHRISTMAS STORE
A lighted ceramic ornament depicting the San Felipe de Neri Church is $8.95 at the Christmas Shop.
A Patricia Breen hand-painted glass tree ornament is $185 at the Christmas Shop.
“Shooting Thunder,” a Kachina ornament by Roselind Grey, sells for $8.95 at the Christmas Shop.
Whether you make an ornament yourself or find one crafted by an artist, there’s likely room in your collection for a few more handmade treasures on your tree.
If sales at Old Town’s Christmas Shop are any indication, trees everywhere may shine with new baubles, wood carvings and tiny Pueblo pottery.
“We had one of our best years ever this year,” says shop owner Joyce Hannaum. “Oddly enough, even in this economy people are spending money on Christmas ornaments.”
For those rich at heart, but not so much in their pocketbooks, the National Hispanic Cultural Center will offer two free workshops to create holiday paper ornaments, says Elsa Menéndez, the center’s outreach coordinator.
A paper-folding station will allow participants to create books with decorated covers that can open and dangle as stars or snowflake clusters, while another station features strips of paper rolled and glued into beads for garland.
“Paper is traditional throughout Latin America, but it’s also accessible. It’s cheap and cheerful,” she says. Even in colonial days, ships would arrive with crates and their contents were wrapped in paper. Paper was used for decoration and craft then as now, she says.
Back in Old Town, it’s hard not to be seduced by the handcrafted holiday magic in Hannaum’s store.
In the center of the store a tree decked out with Southwest art features tiny hand-carved saints and angels, tin retablos and whimsical roadrunner ornaments that range from $6 to more than $30.
Nearby another tree features Navajo and Pueblo art in the shape of Yei Bi Cheis, storytellers and tiny pots from Acoma, Jemez and Zuni pueblos for a similar price range. One glass ball from Jemez Pueblo, $18, is sand-painted with natural stone colors of turquoise, black and copper with a Mother Earth and Father Sky design.
Rows of glass balls and drops glitter in rainbow colors from their hooks in rows at the back of the store, catching sunlight from a west-facing window and range in price from $6 to $25.
Another tree features vintage ornaments in a similar price range for people who want a more nostalgic tree. Hannaum also has a collection of Patricia Breen ornaments for people who like to add one of the handcrafted glass decorations to their tree. Those collectibles range form $60 to $300.
For under the tree, nativities with New Mexico themes, including a Baby Jesus on a cradleboard instead of in a manger, handcrafted with media from clay and wood, range from less than $100 to several times more.
In Nob Hill, Santa Fe
For a new interpretation of Southwest themes, Kenny Chavez, a local folk artist, will have ornaments in wire and recycled tin at Masks y Mas on Central in Nob Hill.
If you can imagine the array of color in fruit cake tins and other metal containers, Chavez has repurposed them into images of saints, whimsical creatures and abstract decorations. His ornaments are mostly in the $10 to $20 range and are available along with other local artists’ work at the store.
More handmade ornaments are available at The Shop, a Christmas Store, in Santa Fe, near the Plaza.
Jil Gurulé of Alameda is a favorite of people everywhere, owner Rick Griego says. “People call us or email us orders from around the world. She makes each piece herself individually. She does each one with scrupulous attention to detail.”
Gurulé’s red clay ornaments, ranging from $8 to $26, include the Madonna, St. Kateri and other saints, a hanging replica of Loretto Chapel and other Rio Grande churches along with drummer boys, stars and crosses. Her whimsical animals are also popular, he says.
Richard Gabriel Jr. of Tijeras creates ornaments from punched tin shapes of churches, retablos, stars and crosses, most about $7. His tree toppers, especially angels in plain and illuminated versions, sell for $44 and $48, Griego says.
Griego and his wife, Janice Griego, have owned The Shop for 37 years and have the collections of other artists who have been with them for many years.
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