Punched Tin Hojalata

Mexican hojalata — "the poor man's silver" — is the pre-1900 folk craft of piercing and embossing sheet tin into mirrors, frames, and ornaments, practised in Oaxaca and San Miguel de Allende. Bright reflective tin reads as cool silver; punched dots and recessed grounds read as dark shadow.

This design system translates that metalwork to screen: a dark oxidized-tin ground the pierced pattern reads against, bright tin-silver highlights, dotted repousse borders, and translucent chili, cobalt, and marigold lacquers laid over reflective metal.

墨西哥锡艺（hojalata）被称为"穷人的银器"，是 1900 年以前流传至今的民间手工艺——在瓦哈卡和圣米格尔德阿连德，工匠们将薄锡片冲孔、压花，制成镜框、神龛与饰物。明亮反光的锡面读作冷银，冲出的圆点与凹陷则读作深影，常衬以深色木背，使穿孔图案在阴影中显现。

本设计系统将这门金属工艺转译为数字语言：以深氧化锡底色作为穿孔图案的衬底（绝不用白），辅以明亮的锡银高光、点状压花边框，以及覆于反光金属之上的辣椒红、钴蓝与万寿菊金的半透明漆色。星形、花朵与扇贝纹样贯穿其间，金属的银光高光与深色凹影必须同时可读。