Creativity

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Fodors Review of Zicazteca!!!

So thrilled about this!  We got reviewed on Fodors.com, just one of two surf schools in our area listed!  I haven’t been posting a lot here recently as I have been busy with other projects, but this was begging for a post.  Thank you for including us 🙂

“Zicazteca Surf School. There’s lots of talent packed into this small shop off a lane in the heart of Zicatela. Co-owner Julio Soto is an accomplished graffiti artist, custom surfboard painter, and surf instructor, while his partner Ariel has a keen eye for the hippest indie beachwear, much of it fair trade, that stocks their Zicazteca shop. Private surfing lessons cost MX$400 an hour. Hotel Rockaway Plaza, Calle del Morro s/n, at laneway, Zicatela, Puerto Escondido,Oaxaca, 71980. 954/110–5853. zicazteca.com.”

Check it out HERE

Julio Soto’s artwork on the cover of Viva Puerto magazine

I can’t believe I haven’t posted these images yet.  Julio was asked to do these covers for Viva Puerto magazine over the last couple of months.  The magazine has traditionally used only photographs for the cover.  Barbara, the magazine’s creator / editor, felt she was taking a big risk with the first cover Julio made.  However, it was so well received she asked him to draw the very next issue. Take a look!

Image shows psychedelic drawing of La Punta de Zicaztela

Viva Puerto Magazine cover art by Julio Soto, Spring 2014

 

Cover art for Viva Puerto by Julio Soto, image dispalys whimsical drawing of pink sheep eating lobster claw flowers which grow out of psychedelic clouds, floating over the rio barra, and campesinos in front of their cabaña.

Viva Puerto Magazine cover art by Julio Soto, Feb 2014

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Shop Julio’s Surf Art Online!

Our Online Shop is finally up and running!  Well, it has been up and ready for a while but I was nervous about taking the final step and announcing it.  But nerves be darned!  We are moving forward and are super excited about this new step.  We can now offer Julio Soto’s gorgeous and whimsical prints for sale as impeccable Art Posters printed on-demand, our tanks (we are adding to the selection soon!) printed with fun designs from Puerto Escondido, and even mugs and tote bags of the highest quality.  We hope you enjoy!  Let us know what you think please, we are still learning and growing everyday, and all your opinions will only help us get better.

http://zicazteca.myshopify.com/

Thanks / Gracias!

Ariel and Julio

Gold and Fuschia

Dia de los Muertos

I adore the colors and traditions this time of year.   Last year we cleaned and decorated the tombs of Julio’s grandparents with candles, flowers and a few of their favorite items (including a slingshot and a handful of limes for his grandfather, who famously would sit on his porch and shoot the limes at passersby who dared take the shortcut through his property!) and plan on doing the same this year.  Our home is already dripping in flowers, and I would love to have the time this year to make an elaborate altar somewhere.  Certainly there will be many more photos to come as the market fills with flowers and sugar skulls.   Such a delight for the senses!!!

Day of the Dead flowers

Boo!

That spooky time of year is fast approaching, and in honor of all things macabre we have a bunch of gruesome key chains and hair clips from a Mexico City resin artist we met a few months back.  Each piece is hand detailed and incredibly realistic.  It’s quite a departure from the bright, whimsical pieces we usually carry in the shop, but we were impressed, and a little grossed out, by his creations and thought we’d share.  Come get one if you DARE!!!!!

zombie heads, fingers keychains

zombie heads, fingers keychains