{"id":17547,"date":"2018-05-28T20:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weefolkart.com\/homeschool\/?p=17547"},"modified":"2018-05-28T20:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T20:06:30","slug":"peruvian-retablos-project-part-1-clay-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weefolkart.com\/homeschool\/peruvian-retablos-project-part-1-clay-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian Retablos Project – Part 1 Clay Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peruvian retablos are brightly decorated portable wooden boxes containing clay figures that depict scenes of religious, historic, or everyday events. The Spanish word \u201cretablo\u201d translates to mean \u201caltarpiece\u201d or “behind the alter”. Originally, these were crafted in Spain during the Crusades as a means for Christian soldiers to carry portable altars with them when they were far from home. The scenes were of a religious nature. As time went by, the Peruvian\u2019s used retablos to showcase historic events and everyday life in the Andes as well. Today, Peruvian retablos are created by the indigenous people of Peru and Bolivi. and sold in markets around the world.<\/em> Follow our directions to create your own Peruvian Retablos.<\/p>\n

There are two parts to this project, the clay figures and the box. Check out Peruvian Retablos Project – Part 2 Box<\/a> for the box tutorial.<\/p>\n

Materials for Peruvian Retablos Clay Figures<\/h4>\n