5 Nov 2009

Quinchamali pottery

[Quinchamali pottery – jug]

[Quinchamali pottery – jug detail]

[Quinchamali pottery – jug detail]

I've always loved the carved and painted motifs of this traditional Chilean pottery. The clay is darkened with smoke. Each potter (locera) has her own unique patterns.

Found this article about Quinchamali: Daughters of Clay

5 comments:

Kylie said...

Yes, I love it too - it's so gorgeous. K

patrícia said...

beautiful

carolina hornauer said...

Hola Karen
Muchas gracias por tus comentarios...al respecto le dije a mi hermano, que ahora nuestro perro tendrá un cielo repleto de huesos...
muchos saludos
C.-

*me encantaron los pins.

at swim-two-birds said...

Hello Karen, love your blog a lot and thanks for visiting; i will try to figure out how the pompons were made!

Pragya said...

OMG!!! Its incredible!!
Off to read the article now..

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