With this series of photos I try to share a little of what the tourist does not see: the process that hides a piece, who Preserve and inherit the culture of pottery and textile crafts in the valleys of Oaxaca. Reflection, through their looks, what they impregnate in craftsmanship.
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These rocks brought from the mine are transformed into the mud that gives its characteristic color to the black pottery of Oaxaca.
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When they produce something, they say they "lift a piece" because they took it from the ground.
When the clay is in the state of leather, the details of the piece are smoothed and refined.
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The tile used to spin the plates has been used for at least three generations. Rufina received it as a gift from her mother.
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The fragility of a pot already ready for the oven requires that the artisan hold the piece with the same delicacy that would carry a baby.
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In the workshop Ruíz López work the clay with the technique of pre-Hispanic lathe.