Oaxaca: Paint Tortillas with Natural Plant Dyes Oaxaca: Paint Tortillas with Natural Plant-Based Dyes
ID: GYG1432051-2186040
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Land: Mexico
Duur:
02:30 uren
Beschrijving
Turn a tortilla into a canvas in a small-group workshop led by a local nixtamal expert. Grind corn on a metate, extract natural dyes in a molcajete, and paint with roots, leaves, and fruits.
Turn a tortilla into your canvas in this small-group workshop that combines an ancient culinary process with the creative discipline of drawing. We welcome you with seasonal atole — one of the first corn-based drinks, from the Nahuatl atolli — and take you on a guided journey in five stages, all with natural materials.
Start with the theory of nixtamal: what it is, why it was created, and how the grain, flavor, size, and texture define the final result. Continue with the grinding system, starting with the metate — its history, shape, and use — and then work with the volcanic stone mill and understand how the dough achieves the ideal malleability, moisture, and structure to become a tortilla.
With your tortilla canvas ready (you'll shape 3 to 6 pieces in the dimensions of your choice), extract your own inks in a molcajete: legumes, roots, and leaves turned into pigments with different textures, densities, and colors. Then, draw freely, with guided exercises for those who want a nudge, in a stress-free space designed for introspection and creativity.
The workshop ends with a group exhibition of the pieces and a tasting of artisanal tepache, a pre-Hispanic corn-based drink — a moment to share the experience and connect.
Hoogtepunten
- Grind nixtamalized corn on a metate and a lava stone mill
- Extract natural dyes from roots, leaves, and fruits in a molcajete
- Paint your own tortilla canvas guided by a nixtamal expert
- Small group of up to 6 people for a personalized experience
- Wrap-up with a group exhibition and food tasting of artisanal tepache
Talen
BELANGRIJKE INFORMATIE
The workshop is taught orally in Spanish; a functional understanding of the language is required to follow the guided stages
The place is red
INCLUDED
- Seasonal welcome atole.
- Step-by-step tour of the stages of nixtamal.
- Analysis of the metate grinding system + Electric mill by parts.
- Creation and personalized analysis of dough development.
- Extraction of dyes in a molcajete, natural products: fruits, leaves and roots.
- Creation of different tortilla sizes as a canvas (3 to 6 pieces).
- Drawing with brushes for the class, materials included.
- Exhibition and food tasting of the tortilla made + house tepache.
NIET INBEGREPEN.
- Consumption of menu items such as drinks or extra food.
- Store products such as bags, T-shirts or ingredients.
- Tips.
Wanneer moet ik boeken?
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Annuleringen
Deze excursie kunt u kosteloos annuleren tot: annuleringstijd voor aanvang van de reis. Bij annulering na: annulering na: annuleringstijd of niet aanwezig zijn op de excursie wordt de volledige prijs van de activiteit alsnog in rekening gebracht. Te laat komen bij het ophalen of vertrekken wordt beschouwd als niet komen opdagen.
