"It requires work because the artisan has to be careful of detail since it needs a special resin that doesn´t hurt its shell, a resin that leaks a gel that then becomes solid,” says the store owner, Jose Varguez.
The blinged out insects have been gaining popularity since the 1980s. However, this living breathing jewelry tradition goes back centuries to Mayan times when they decorated wingless beetles. Maquech in Mayan means "one that doesn`t eat," since the insect lives off a fungus that comes from Chacah wood.
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