Puebloan pottery artists develop their pottery using materials, techniques, forms, and designs passed down through their cultures, from their ancestors. Pottery production starts with clay from a traditional family source, which is a manifestation of their cultural connection with the earth. The process of making the pottery often involves the help of family members, who gather … [Read more...] about Puebloan Ceramic Vessel: Researched, Conserved, and Reconstructed by Hannah Scarborough
Tepache vessels are known today as elaborately decorated ceramic vessels produced for the tourist trade by the potters of San José de Gracia, a village in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The vessels were first created by the potter Elisa Madrigal Martínez, who began making them in the 1930s after she had moved from Carapan to San José de Gracia; up until that time, the potters … [Read more...] about Tepache Vessel with Three Calla Lilies on Lid: Researched by Sarah Teel