Just got back From MEXICO!!!

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Oct 8, 2011 in Home & Beyond

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Hello Kaboodle Friends!
Well, I have just returned from my yearly buying trip to Mexico! and I am very excited to share new items and stories with you! I established Topanien Global Gifts over twenty years ago and have slowly added more and more stops on my buying trips to Mexico. Years ago we carried the Mexican Black Pottery from the Dona Rosa factory but we did not meet the artisans who made the peices. Now we are working directly with Candelaria and her family. We visit and are introduced to a daughter and her children even as we watch Cadelaria at her craft and make our selections. Dona Rosa is the master but it's a joy to work with the artists.

Candelaria of San Bartolo Coyotepec is a natural potter and business owner. She maintains her own studio and store on a main street in this tiny but famous town in Oaxaca, Mexico. She sells the Mexican Black Pottery made by herself, her family and close friends. My daughters and I met her mother and her while exploring San Bartolo and seeking a supplier of Black Pottery. Candelaria was excited to have a USA outlet for her art. She wished to demonstrate her craft and immediately pulled out knives and odd implements such as bottle cap lids used in the carving of the Black Pottery Luminarias.

click & go to our 'Mexican Black Pottery ' page for info

Mexican Black Pottery Luminarias are all about the shadows they cast when over a tealight.

For over 2000 years the Zopotec community of San Bartolo has been making pottery. Little has changed in the process of creating the pottery but kilns are now preferred over underground pits and most important of all - celebrated artist and potter, Dona Rosa, made the change which gives the pieces their signature 'black' sheen. Dona Rosa added a polishing step to the nearly-dry clay before firing turning the gray color to a shiny black and establishing the Mexican Black Pottery as a classic piece appreciated world wide.

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That's very cool pottery. Report Spam Posted by markblemish at 2:01 PM on 10/08/11
The link isn't working for me. Report Spam Posted by markblemish at 2:01 PM on 10/08/11
Wow!!!! Pretty pottery!!! I like it alot!!!!!! Report Spam Posted by susan_brown at 8:23 PM on 10/08/11
what a wonderful work of art Report Spam Posted by thelovehammers at 6:55 AM on 10/09/11
Glad you had fun! Report Spam Posted by baybe at 10:57 AM on 10/09/11
Very cool! Report Spam Posted by maye_ at 11:03 AM on 10/09/11
They would look fantastic in my new house, the colour scheme is white, black and grey. Report Spam Posted by x0xsharicex0x at 11:22 AM on 10/09/11
I love those!! Report Spam Posted by dreapuff at 1:33 PM on 10/09/11
Wow! Very cool pottery. Thanks for sharing :-) Report Spam Posted by cimino68 at 6:24 PM on 10/09/11
Wow, this was a great entry. I didn't know much about Mexican Black Pottery before. But it is very pretty and has such an interesting history. Glad you had a good buying trip! Report Spam Posted by jessicachanel at 7:27 PM on 10/09/11
very cool! Report Spam Posted by agauthier79 at 7:00 AM on 10/10/11
awesome :0) Report Spam Posted by lissln at 9:28 AM on 10/10/11
Those are fantastic! I love the detail on each of those pieces. Report Spam Posted by gregsgal at 8:31 PM on 10/10/11
That would be so much fun- I want to go to Mexico, color me jealous! That pottery is totally stunning. Report Spam Posted by amelioratelj at 6:50 PM on 10/12/11