Rick Bayless Fundamentals: Choosing Mexican Pottery
These beautiful pieces are much more than a decorative fruit bowl!
Mexican Ceramics
How is it made? The Making Of Oaxacan Black Pottery
Anakarem learned the process and technique from her father, Don José, an artisan known for making large ceramic jars.
All her pottery is crafted by the family. Some dig the clay, others design and shape it, and someone else lights the wood-fired kiln.
The decorative perforations are called calado, and are done with a sharp blade to create floral, geometric and other motifs.
The black pottery is fired in a traditional kiln, built by the artisans themselves. The skull represents and celebrates death. These sculptures are used in the altars for the Day of the Dead on November 2.
You can see more of Anakarem's work here:
Mexican Talavera Pottery Port St. Lucie Florida
Looking for Mexican Talavera and Mexican tile in Florida? Look no further than Florida's beautiful Treasure Coast! We visited Terra Cotta Arts & Crafts in Port. St. Lucie, FL where they sell beautiful Mexican pottery, tiles, garden pots, planters and accessories.
Mexican Ceramics Painting
Mexican ceramic artisan demonstrating beautiful new ceramic painting techniques.
Red Pottery of San Marcos Tlapazola Tlacolula
The Zapotec women of the Mateo family produce hand crafted pottery that is fired on an open kiln. In the summer of 2017 Pima Community College, located in Tucson Arizona, conducted a Summer Abroad art class with Professor Laura Milkins. As students, we went on a tour of the Oaxacan countryside and watched a demonstration of their clay techniques. The ladies were kind enough to let us video this.
Audio and Video with a Fuji X100T