Arte-Facts. Coffee Culture

The useful and serviceable objects, sometimes unique, yet also beautiful, individual, and graceful, that this book displays are the product of inexhaustible human creativity and further proof of the versatility, skill, and entrepreneurial spirit with which the humble people of Old Caldas have always faced the needs and challenges of their daily lives. In Colombia, the so-called coffee culture will never cease to amaze us. In an attempt to unveil the personality of this region through its artifacts—elements literally made with art, with care—the book opens the doors to the leather, textile, wood, and guadua industries, as well as metalwork and the spontaneous art with which many buildings and available walls in this area are adorned.

A journey through dreams that have become businesses. A rediscovery of sensitivity and beauty.