As a member of the cooperative of marmolina sculptors, or COOSMANNICA, in San Juan de Limay, Jose Trinidad Rodriguez makes his living creating a variety of three dimensional works from the versatile and beautiful marmolina stone. The artists mine the stone from the mountain quarries themselves, choosing the color and clarity they prefer. They then bring it back to the workshop by truck and unload it. It is very very hard work, from which lovely sculptures eventually emerge! The sculptures are then hand-polished with shoe polish, and exhibited either in the small retail outlet in the nearby town of Esteli, or simple lined up on the floor of the workshop for the occasional purchaser who makes the arduous trip through the mountains to San Juan de Limay. Many examples of marmolina sculptures are also available in various markets throughout Nicaragua.
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