Best Art in Granada, Nicaragua Mansión De Chocolate

Welcome to a new blog of Mansión De Chocolate, in the last blog we talked about art that we exhibit at Mansión De Chocolate. We also exhibit art for the organization Manos Nicas that our customers or visitors can buy.

In today’s blog we are going to talk about Manos Nicas, why they fit with our hotel and what for organization Manos Nicas is. furthermore we will exhibit some of the work on our blog so that our readers know what kind of art it is.

Manos Nicas is cooperative organization in the north of Nicaragua, they work together with over 114 artists in the north of Nicaragua. Manos Nicas work with artists in Esteli, San Juan de Limay, Jalapa, Mozonte and Boaco. You might know them from the work of the gorditos and gorditas in Esteli by Juan Carlos Sanchez or from Juan Carlos Morena the creator of the corn house.

It is an organization that loves Nicaragua and its environment. All their art is Nicaraguan based art and all the equipment used is organic based, all is made out of handcraft. The different colors that are used are natural colors: Café is used for the color brown, remolacha(Beet) and pitaya(dragon fruit) are used for the reddish colors and for orange they use achiote and zanahoria(carrot).

The art is made through an exclusive technique that is developed in Nicaragua in 2005, this technique is only used by the artists that work with Manos Nicas. The different art works that Manos Nicas make are: mosaics out of corn husks, stone sculptures of Limay, Pine baskets with colors, Clay pots and cards of recycled paper.

This is a quick showcase of the different art Manos Nicas offers at our Mansión De Chocolate: