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I'm a fifth-generation tinsmith in the Delgado family tradition. My apprenticeship was with my grandmother, Angelina Delgado Martinez and my great Uncle, Albert Delgado. I'm blessed to have such a craft in my family and to have had such wonderful teachers to share that craft with me. I craft everything from scratch, starting with a sheet of tin and working through layout, cutting, stamping, forming and soldering. I work out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. I have a show on local Public Access here called: New Mexican Tinsmith where I share how to craft items out of tin. I sell at retail shows in the region, online and through gift shops including the Museums in Santa Fe and the Western National Parks. I teach for the City's Senior Arts Program and by invitation in schools. I have received a number of awards over the years, but my real reward is in the opportunity to lovingly craft items that are useful and will bring joy for years to come. I work using punches handed down through my family, some of them hundreds of years old. My shears have 'Angelina' etched in them in cursive by my grandmother's hands, a consequence of using them as a "Rosie the Riveter" during the war. I craft each day surrounded by loving remembrances of my talented family.
