This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. Having the woman walked into the corner wearing a bright yellow skirt was perfect for this exercise. Also, notice how all the street signs are hand-made and made from with ceramic tiles.
We finish this week’s mini series on handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with a wider perspective that includes the sign of Café La Parada and a coffee lover enjoying one of the espressos one can have in our charming town.
We continue our mini series of of handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with this wooden and metal sign for Helados Cool. How much creativity one can find in the handmade signs of this enchanting town, don’t you agree?
There’s so much diversity in the signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the more than 212 signs I have shared with you thus far. Have fun and let me know which one is your favorite sign.
The handmade wooden sign for Mexico Lindo is simple yet effective with simple hand-writing letters and a Catarina skull with lots of negative space. ¡Qué rico!
We started this week’s mini series with wooden sign, then we continued with metallic and wood sign. Today’s I share with you the handmade ceramic sign of Posada El Antaño; which is one of my favorites signs on 6a avenida. Enjoy!
Today I share with you the handmade sign with wood and metal parts for Donde el Gringo; you can find it right across from La Merced church.
I believe this is the wooden sign for a Guatemalan Caribbean-Garífuna restaurant located on 6a avenida norte. I still haven’t try their food, but it is on my list for the Friday’s Foodie Spots. Stay tuned!
The handmade sign of Aruma found on Calle del Arco is the latest addition to the most extensive collection of signs from Antigua Guatemala. TAP the link to take a photographic tour through the over 207 handmade signs from Antigua Guatemala found in my collection.
I love Antigua Guatemala; that’s what the colorful sign says all the way near the yellow wall of La Merced. I really enjoy going out in the rain to capture different vistas of the city while still raining or slightly afterwards. I hope you are enjoying the wet streets and and saturated color of the … Read more
Antigua Guatemala’s signage regulation dictates that all signs have to be hand made and only these materials can be used: wood, metal or ceramic. Here I caught some municipal employees replacing some of old and damage street signs. What else can you see in this active corner of Antigua Guatemala?
Believe it or not, there dozen, perhaps hundreds of coat of arms of the Spanish Catholic Kings all over Antigua Guatemala; formerly known as Santiago de Los Caballeros de Guatemala. For those who don’t know, Antigua Guatemala was the capital for the Capitanía General de Guatemala [The Captaincy General of Guatemala], also known as the … Read more
Let the walls in Antigua speak: Todo va estar bien or everything is going to be alright. Especially if we have beer and food to go or delivery. I have read that in other parts of the world have been shortages of both food and beer. Fortunately, at least in Antigua Guatemala, the micro breweries … Read more
For nearly 450 years if you wanted to climb to Cerro de La Candelaria, now better known as Cerro de La Cruz, to take an overview look of the city of Santiago de Guatemala, now known as Antigua Guatemala, you have to take a trail you can find. In 1990, the Municipalidad de La Antigua … Read more
As we enter our 4th week of health and economic crisis, I see messages of hope posted on walls all over. Certainly, together we will re-emerge! The Semana Santa [Holy Week] is normally the busiest and loudest time of the year in Antigua Guatemala. For 2020 Semana Santa will be the quietest week of the … Read more