She met her sculpture husband at Santa Clara del Cobre, Mexico, James Metcalf who died in 2012 at age of 86.
[3] She also helped establish a source of income for the women in Santa Clara by teaching them to make jewelry and how to sell it.
She now spends the last of her days reviving a forest in Santa Clara to help with the environment but also for artisans to continue with traditional coppersmith techniques by using the branches from these trees to produce coal, a necessary element for the process of smelting copper.
Shortly after, she moves to Santa Clara del Cobre to study with James Metcalf, who had already established a workshop with other local artisans using traditional coppersmith techniques.
[6] Once in Santa Clara del Cobre, Ana Pellicer learned the traditional technique of coppersmith and was the only women in these workshops that worked with skilled men artisans.
This commission gave the work of Santa Clara del Cobre attention and respect for the traditional coppersmith technique.
[7] La Maquina Enamorada (The Machine in Love) 1975, is a sculpture piece that was commissioned by Francisco Trouyet.
This piece was the largest work that they had produced and it was also the first one that was presented in the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.
[7] After earning the respect of the male artisans, Ana takes on a new challenge of helping the women of Santa Clara by teaching them how to make copper jewelry.
Ana displays different themes in this work, she speaks of women empowerment, self-identity, and Mexican culture.
There is a total of 75 sculptures in this exhibition with 6 different themes which are: Secretos, Mujer, Luz, Poder, Libertad, and Juego.