EMILIO GONZALEZ PLASCENCIA EMILIO GONZALEZ PLASCENCIA WAS BORN IN GUADALAJARA, JALISCO AND GETS INVOLVED IN THE ARTISTIC & CULTURAL LIFE OF THE CITY AT AN EARLY AGE . IS A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF LOS CABOS SINCE 1991 AND DIVIDES HIS TIME CREATING IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, LOS CABOS, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR AND GUADALAJARA JALISCO. GLASS ARTIST MARICELA GUTIERREZ TUTORED HIM ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT ART GLASS TECHNIQUE. EMILIO WORKS ON THE FOLLOWIN TECHNIQUES: -GLASS FUSING - THERMOFORMED GLASS - GLASS FRITOGRAPHY -CARVED AND SANDBLASTED GLASS - WROUGHT COPPER AND SILVER (SCULPTURE AND ART TO THE WALL) - CAST BRONZE AND SILVER JEWELRY WITH PEARLS OF THE SEA OF CORTES. HE FUSES SILVER AND / OR COPPER TO GLASS AT TEMPERATURES UP TO 1.4 OO F, CHALLENGING THE DIFFERENT THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS BETWEEN THE GLASS AND METALS, RESULTS ARE EXTRAORDINARY SCULPTURES AND DECORATIVE PIECES WICH ARE APPRECIATED BY ART COLLECTIONISTS. HE WAS DISCIPLE WITH RECOGNIZED SILVERSMITH MASTER RAUL YBARRA AT HIS STUDIO IN AT SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, GUANAJUATO AND DEVELOPED A PARTICULAR VANGUARDIST & ORGANIC STYLE TREND IN SILVER JEWELRY AND SCULPTURE. IN HIS SILVER JEWELRY PIECES, YOU WILL NOTICE THE SPECTACULAR SEA OF CORTES PEARLS AND / OR DICHOIC GLASS INCLUSIONS. EMILIO HAS BEING DISPLAYING HIS ART IN 1996 IN ART FORUMS IN THE STATE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, BAJA CALIFORNIA AND GUADALAJARA JALISCO. SINCE 2000 EMILIO IS FULL-TIME DEDICATED TO DESIGN AND CREATION OF ABSTRACT AND FIGURATIVE ART AND, AS WELL AS ART REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CAVE PAINTINGS AND PETROGLIPHS AS WELL AS THE MARINE LIFE FROM OUR OWN STATE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. IN 2009 GOES TO SANTA CLARA DEL COBRE, MICHOACAN AND REMAINS A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS LEARNING TECHNIQUES IN TRADITIONAL WROUGHT COPPER. FRANCISCO QUIROZ IS HIS MENTOR AND TEACHER IN BRONZE CASTING TECHNIQUES. EMILIO\\\'S ENTREPRENEURIAL AND ADVENTOUROUS SPIRIT HAS LED HIM TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT PLACES, BEING THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ISLANDS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR WHERE HE FINDTHE MORE INTENSE SOURCE TO HIS CREATIVE INSPIRATION. HAS VISITED SEVERAL AREAS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PETROGLYPHS AND ROCK PAINTINGS AT THE SIERRAS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, WICH HAVE BEING ENDORSED BY THE INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and History), BCS STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE SECRETARIES OF CULTURE AND TOURISM OF LOS CABOS, VISITS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFICIALY DOCUMENTED. THIS IS A RESULT OF THE ARTIST GENUINE COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVE A REAL UNDERESTANDING AND APRECIATION OF THE HISTORIC ANCIENT ART, TO SHARE WITH YOU HIS OWN VISION, EXPERIENCE AND COSMOVISION OF THE ANCIENT BAJA\\\'S ARTISTS FROM 7,500 YEARS BACK IN TIME ,FUSING IN GLASS AND COPPER BOTH PERSPECTIVES. EMILIO GETS RECOGNITION IN 2003 BY CONACULTA (NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS) AND CSI (SOUTHCALIFORNIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE) ON HIS PROJECTS \\\"CONTEMPORARY VISION OF THE PREHISPANIC ART IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR \\\" AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR \\\" AND \\\" CURRENT SILVER JEWELRY IN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR \\\". YOU CAN FIND AND BUY HIS ART EXPRESSIONS IN GUADALAJARA METROPOLITAN AREA AT GALLERY ART 21.