Our warehouse and catalog are full of beautiful pottery, a rich gift to our times born of thousands of years of practice. But the reason Manos de Oaxaca exists isn’t for the pots, but rather the people who create those pots. Read More…
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Perhaps you are thinking, “Oh, that boy has been gone so long, and no word from him yet, save a scribbled postcard”. To this delay, I can readily point at two culprits thus clearing my name and upholding my untarnished reputation as an industrious and responsible young man Read More…
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My good buddy from spain, Jose Miguel (I call him Joe Mike) and I went on a good adventure last week. I’ve heard rumors of a pottery village somewhere out beyond Miahuatlan on this edge of the coast range – so we decided to find it. Read More…
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Michelle Erickson is based in the historic area of Virginia, USA. From here she works both as a ceramic artist and businesswoman, exploring the production methods of the 18th century potters of Staffordshire. Virginia has fine collections of early slipwares that were shipped to the States directly from Stoke. Read More…
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The contribution of David Leach (now in his 92nd year) to British studio pottery is considerable. Kathy Niblett looks at his success as a potter and educator and celebrates his achievements. Potter Tim Andrews gives a personal account of working with David, both as an apprentice and later sharing Lowerdown Pottery. Read More…
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The land of Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Amuzgos, Chatinos, Chontales and Afro-Mexicanos, once the lair of pirates and coffee traders and still filled with mysteries and secrets, the Oaxacan south coast was virtually closed to the outside world until 1982 when the coastal highway was paved. Read More…
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This is a potter’s adventure among the villages and artisans of Michoacan, one of the most diverse pottery areas in Mexico and a beautiful landscape of lakes, volcanoes, colonial cities and mud plastered villages. Read More…
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We begin our nine-day experience in San Marcos Tlapazola, a village in the high, central valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. This valley was and is the cradle of Zapotec civilization and is literally covered in ruins and ancient pottery shards. Read More…
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To entice Western customers, their markets flooded by a lot of options, it is essential to have a Western-style industrial design. The problem is that some designers are strongly determined by the glory that will mean getting prizes in the design sector and do not take into account the development of appropriate financial products to the market because they lack incentives to do so. Read More…
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The Mexican ceramic industry is one of the more competitive internationally, and its level of exports, constitutes an important foreign exchange earner for our country. Approximately 70% of domestic production takes place in companies located in the northeast region, Read More…
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