About Escolásticas
A community in southeastern Querétaro whose identity is shaped by two crafts: hand-carved quarry stone and backstrap-loom weaving.
Escolásticas is a community in the municipality of Pedro Escobedo, in southeastern Querétaro, Mexico. It sits in a region long recognized as one of the country's main quarry-stone areas: a volcanic stone that has been hand-carved here for generations into fountains, columns, sculptures and architectural details for public and private projects across Mexico.
The local quarry stone comes in various colors and grain — pink, white, gray, brown — and its hand-working is the community's main economic activity. While the men carve stone, many women in the town keep a parallel textile tradition alive: backstrap-loom weaving, rebozos, table linens and napkins with floral and geometric motifs inherited from their mothers and grandmothers.
Despite its importance in the stone-carving craft, Escolásticas is little known outside Querétaro. This site exists to change that: a place to find its artisans, see their work and — if a piece moves you — buy it directly from the workshop where it was made.
The local quarry stone comes in various colors and grain — pink, white, gray, brown — and its hand-working is the community's main economic activity. While the men carve stone, many women in the town keep a parallel textile tradition alive: backstrap-loom weaving, rebozos, table linens and napkins with floral and geometric motifs inherited from their mothers and grandmothers.
Despite its importance in the stone-carving craft, Escolásticas is little known outside Querétaro. This site exists to change that: a place to find its artisans, see their work and — if a piece moves you — buy it directly from the workshop where it was made.