The annual craft fair is now on in Los Cancajos. It’s a big event: there’s usually something like 80 stall holders displaying all kindsof crafts. Lots of embroidery and baskets, but also modern ceramics, tin smiths, candles, hand-made paper, pastries and buiscuits, liqueurs, jewelry made from dragon tree seeds, lava, or hand-made glass beads, painted silk, etc. Today, Thursday 15th, is a public holiday, and I’ve heard that the fair…
San Jose has a temporary exhibition of 12 steel sculptures in the Plaza de Las Madres by the artist Pereda de Castro. The sculptor says he gets his inspiration in “mythology and the sea”. They’re next to the new kiosk, so you can get some refreshment while you admire the art. I don’t know how long they’ll be staying there, so if you’re planning to go, I suggest you do…
In Palacio Salazar, there’s an exhibition of model ships, mostly from the Napoleonic wars. Now model ships aren’t really my thing, but it’s worth a quick visit just because they’re so beautifully detailed. (And if you haven’t seen Palacio Salazar, that’s worth a visit too.) The exhibition fills up the ground and first floor, and contains perhaps thirty models, including the Titanic, HMS Bounty, the Cutty Sark and the US…
From 20th June to 19th July, 2008Casa Principal de Salazar, O’Daly 22, Santa Cruz de la PalmaOpen Mon-Fri, 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 8 pmSaturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. You know, I think “Mountains” is a mistake in translation, because the exhibition is about forests (and “monte” can mean either forest or mountain side.) I don’t care. It’s a fun exhibition. My son enjoyed…