The hands behind the craft

Artisan Stories

Meet the makers, traditions and places behind the pieces we bring home.

Artisan story

Pottery from Huáncito

Burnished platters, vessels and cántaro towers from a Purépecha community in Michoacán, painted in natural pigments.

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Red clay from the Purépecha town of Patambán, shaped for over seventy years by a Great Master of Mexican Folk Art.

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Tenango embroidery from Hidalgo, hand-stitched with deer, birds and flowers drawn from myth and landscape.

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Cotton and wool from Teotitlán del Valle, dyed with cochineal and indigo, then woven on pedal looms.

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An Italian-born artist working Mexican clay into feminine forms, with Roman and Byzantine art behind them.

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A fourth-generation ceramist from Metepec who began at six, and who held a Guinness World Record for the largest clay cazuela.

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Clay and volcanic tepetate from San José de Gracia, with every petal and spine shaped between the fingertips.