ceramics mexican

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop a tea pot by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Painted by hand with colorful glazes, festive motifs envelop an sugar and creamer set by Gorky González. He works in the style of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics to create the design, which features a tray. The artisan signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Cocky roosters with soft green feathers take on the role of a sugar bowl and creamer. A master of Mexico's colonial Majolica ceramics, Gorky González creates this whimsical set. He signs his work "AT," for alfarería tradicional (traditional ceramics).

Flowers blossom with an exuberant feast of colors on this creamer and sugar bowl set designed in the Talavera style of the state of Puebla. The motifs are painted by hand over the ivory-color the ceramic creamer and sugar bowl with a palette that includes yellow-orange, blue, and green flowers over a crisscross network of dots and crosses. Bordered by a black honeycomb, the creamer and sugar bowl come from the 'Zacatlán Flowers' collection designed by Pedro Tecayehuatl.

Talavera is a distinctive art form brought to Mexico by artisans from Talavera de la Reina, Spain. The ceramic artisans of Puebla, Mexico then incorporated Chinese designs, thus creating the blue and oyster-white patterns traditionally associated with Talavera Poblana. Today there are also more "contemporary" designs that include yellow, green, orange, mauve, black and red.

National and international conventions require that a rigorous procedure be followed in the elaboration of authentic Talavera-style ceramics. Each individual piece will be slightly different, and therefore a unique work of art.