Are the techniques being used today different from the past?
MR. CARRILLO: In my case, it’s no different. I can honestly say I’m the guy, along with maybe two other people, who has re-invented the wheel here. I’ve been the one pushing for the re-introduction of traditional pigments and other traditional elements. As I said, twenty-five years ago at Market very few people were using natural pigments, natural homemade varnishes, natural production methods of hand daubing the wood, or using cottonwood root for carving, and so on. Now it’s the norm, the standard. I’ve been the leader trying to force people to learn how to make pigments, how to make varnishes, how to make gesso and to use the tools that were traditionally used to produce the pieces. I always tell people that if we’re grounded in the tradition then we can explain how we do things differently if we use modern equipment. You have a basis to explain the differences. If you don’t know what they were doing historically then you can’t defend what you do. You know, I found a new color, a bea
