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Tecpatl Ceramics |
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Jorge Gonzales Hernandez and his son and daughter prepare the clay, throw, model, hand-paint, and high-fire stoneware at Tecpatl Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico. |
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Jorge Gonzales Hernandez and his son and daughter prepare the clay, throw, model, hand-paint, and high-fire stoneware at Tecpatl Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico. |
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Jorge uses a phone card to help him throw a clay basket on his kick-wheel. |
Jorge carefully adds a handle to a clay basket. |
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Stoneware baskets before and after firing. |
Stoneware jug. |
| For more information, see "Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico:
A Look at Five Contemporary Studios," in Ceramics Monthly,
March, 2003, 78-81. You may contact Jorge (in Spanish) at: Ceramica
Tecpatl |
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GUANAJUATO LINKS:
Ceramist, Capelo
Ceramist, Angelica
Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis
Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco
Garcia Guevara
Tinsmithing
ARTCERA
wax figures of Salamanca, Guanajuato
Betancourt
Icons of Celaya, Guanajuato
Gobelin tapestry
weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ikat foot-loom woven shawls
of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Papermaker, Margarita
Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
Wood carver, Fernando
Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
MORE LINKS:
Pottery
of Western Cameroon
Tiles and Ceramics of Seville,
Spain
Tiles and Ceramics of Talavera
de la Reina, Spain
Tiles and Ceramics of Ubeda,
Spain
Monje Ceramics of Lora
del Rio, Spain
Earthenware Tiles of
Portugal
Majolica Ceramics of Caldas
da Rainha, Portugal
Traditional Dunzi Production in Yaoli,
China
Porcelain production in Jingdezhen,
China
Roof Tiles in Bali, Indonesia
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts
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