Tecpatl Ceramics

Jorge Gonzales Hernandez and his son and daughter prepare the clay, throw, model, hand-paint, and high-fire stoneware at Tecpatl Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico.


Jorge uses a phone card to help him throw a clay basket on his kick-wheel.

Jorge carefully adds a handle to a clay basket.

Stoneware baskets before and after firing.

Stoneware jug.

For more information, see "Ceramics in Guanajuato, Mexico: A Look at Five Contemporary Studios," in Ceramics Monthly, March, 2003, 78-81. You may contact Jorge (in Spanish) at:

Ceramica Tecpatl
Cerro del Erizo S/N
Mina de Valenciana
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Mexico
Telephone from the United States: 011-52-473-73-26273

GUANAJUATO LINKS:
Ceramist, Capelo
Ceramist, Angelica Escarcega Rodriguez
Ceramist, José Luis Méndez Ortega
Guevara Ceramics
Cane baskets
Jeweler, Francisco Garcia Guevara
Tinsmithing
ARTCERA wax figures of Salamanca, Guanajuato
Betancourt Icons of Celaya, Guanajuato
Gobelin tapestry weaving in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Ikat foot-loom woven shawls of Moroleon and Uriangato, Guanajuato
Papermaker, Margarita Orozco Ramirez, of San Miguel, Guanajuato
Wood carver, Fernando Giron Pantoja, of Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato

MORE LINKS:
Pottery of Western Cameroon
Tiles and Ceramics of Seville, Spain
Tiles and Ceramics of Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Tiles and Ceramics of Ubeda, Spain
Monje Ceramics of Lora del Rio, Spain
Earthenware Tiles of Portugal
Majolica Ceramics of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Traditional Dunzi Production in Yaoli, China
Porcelain production in Jingdezhen, China
Roof Tiles in Bali, Indonesia
Los Leñateros Papermaking, Printmaking, and Book Arts Studio

Web page, photographs, and text by Carol Ventura in 2001. Please look at Carol's home page to see more about crafts around the world.