CREADORES ARTESANOS

Artemio, Artisan creator of painted clay

Artemio lives in the mountains of Michoacán, in a small town where everyone is dedicated to painted and polished clay.

He learned from his father, who then learned from his mother, whom he asked to teach him the traditional technique as it was becoming lost.

In Artemio's workshop, the pieces are still made in the traditional way, baking them in wood-fired ovens at a low heat for 8 hours.

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"We must try to get the most beautiful work done day by day."

Artemio

así elabora las piezas

Lo que empezó siendo un juego de niña, es lo que ahora le da de comer.

Artemio collects clay from the land of Juancito, his town, but he does it at certain times of the year, so that it is of higher quality.

Using molds that vary depending on the pieces they are going to make, they make these molds beforehand to shape the clay.

Once they have shaped the pieces with clay using their hands and the moulds they have used, they are placed in a wood-fired oven to be fired.

Once the pieces are fired, they are painted and decorated with natural pigments, fired again and polished by hand to give them that special, natural shine.