Well. I thought I should do a little slide show of a egg that I did some popotillo on.
In Mexico, straw mosaics are known as “popotillo art,” from the Spanish name for sacaton grass, Sporobolus, or popote de cambray. The art form has Precolumbian roots. The grass is first hand-dyed. Then the artist draws a design, which is then covered by a fine layer of “cera de Campeche,” a special type of beeswax. The straw is then cut down to workable sizes, sometimes as fine as a single millimeter in length. The artist then carefully presses the pieces of straw into the beeswax. When the design is finished, a fixative is applied to protect the finished work.
Popotillo Beetle.
There are many designs which can be used to make eggs or jewelry, as well as serving trays, pictures and other objects.. Please feel free to ask me mre about this wonderful art form.
