CUIRIS, Juan Bautista
CUIRIS, Juan Bautista – Mexican featherwork, also called „plumería“, was an important artistic and decorative technique in the pre-Hispanic and colonial periods in what is now Mexico. Although feathers have been prized and feather works created in other parts of the world, those done by the amanteca or feather work specialists impressed Spanish conquerors, leading to a creative exchange with Europe. Featherwork pieces took on European motifs in Mexico. Feathers and feather works became prized in Europe. The „golden age“ for this technique as an art form was from just before the Spanish conquest to about a century afterwards.
