Written by Maria Pandil
In the 70’s, the Estrada sisters distinguished themselves in their town where they lived because of their passion as girls, they liked to collect small stones. Every day, when they returned home from school, they arrived very hungry after completing their schoolwork, so their mother had food prepared for them on time.
When they finished eating, as a routine, the two did their homework to be ready the next day when they returned to class. They were very responsible in that. After doing the task, they prepared themselves with everything necessary to start the search for figures in the stones.
Everything was passion and dedication, which would later become a work of art. They spent long hours earnestly collecting those stones, in any pile of rocks they saw wherever they went. For them it was like a game to do that. When they finished their work collecting a good quantity of stones, they went home, washed them and put them to dry in the sun. Later, they began to paint them with watercolor colors that their father bought them in the city.
The most surprising thing was that they found different shapes for the stones; for example, faces of people and animals, thus creating very colorful and fun designs. The two of them spent the rest of the day decorating all that pile of collected stones, which they later sold where they lived. The figures that were not sold, they placed them on the furniture of their house, adorning a beautiful shelf and giving a special touch to the living room.
It is not known how many years they lasted doing that. Now, only the memory remains of that fascinating activity of the girls who, at that time, entertained themselves with it. For them that was great and creative, although what they did was just a hobby, a curiosity.
But who would have imagined that, over the years, one of the two sisters would come to have in her hands a book that would guide her in the search for what has been called “the gold rush”. And she would remember that same experience again, but on a deeper level, documenting herself with that book about precious stones and minerals.
Thus, she managed to classify useful rocks where she would find pure gold.
What at first was like a game, became a true passion with the discovery of precious stones and valuable minerals due to their color and shape.
Written by Maria Pandil
In Spanish
Color y Forma
En la década de los 70´s, las hermanas Estrada se distinguían en su pueblo donde vivían por su pasión y aun más siendo unas niñas, que les fascinaba coleccionar pequeñas piedras. Todos los días, al regresar a casa de la escuela, ellas llegaban con mucha hambre después de cumplir sus labores escolares, así que la mamá a tiempo les tenía la comida preparada.
Al terminar de comer, como rutina, las dos hacían la tarea para estar listas al día siguiente que regresaran a clases. Ellas eran muy responsables en eso. Después de hacer la tarea, se preparaban con todo lo necesario para emprender la búsqueda de figuras en las piedras.
Todo era pasión y esmero, que después se convertiría en toda una obra de arte. Ellas se pasaban largas horas recolectando con ahínco aquellas piedras, en cualquier montón de rocas que veían a dondequiera que iban. Para ellas era como un juego hacer eso. Cuando ellas terminaban su trabajo recogiendo buena cantidad de piedras, se iban a casa, las lavaban y las ponían a secar al sol. Después, se ponían a pintarlas con colores de acuarela que su padre les compraba en la ciudad.
Lo más sorprendente era que les encontraban diferentes formas a las piedras; por ejemplo, caras de personas y animales, creando así diseños muy coloridos y divertidos. Las dos se pasaban el resto del día decorando todo ese montón de piedras recolectadas, que después vendían en donde vivían.Las figuras que no se vendían, ellas las colocaban en los muebles de su casa, adornando una bonita repisa o dándole un toque especial a la sala de estar.
No se sabe cuántos años duraron haciendo eso. Ahora, solo el recuerdo queda de esa fascinante actividad de las niñas que, en esa época, en eso se entretenían. Para ellas eso era genial y creativo, aunque lo que hacían era solo un pasatiempo, una curiosidad.
Pero quién iba a imaginar que, con el paso de los años, una de las dos hermanas llegaría a tener en sus manos un libro que la guiaría en la búsqueda de lo que se ha llamado ¨la fiebre del oro¨. Y volvería a recordar esa misma experiencia, pero a un nivel más profundo, documentándose con ese libro referente a piedras preciosas y minerales.
Así, ella logró clasificar rocas útiles en donde se encontraría con oro puro.
Lo que al principio fue como un juego, se volvió en verdad una pasión con el hallazgo de piedras preciosas y minerales valiosos por su color y forma.
Written by Maria Pandil
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