Tag Archives: Clay Sculpture

Creating Flowers

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A demonstration of the barro bruñido art of Tonala artists Angel Ortiz and his son Jose Angel Ortiz showed their incredible control and mastery of their art. The photo above is of Jose Angel executing his intricate artistry. Below are photos of father and son and  their completed works. Some pieces can take two months to form, paint, burnish and fire. Click on the photos below to enlarge and see details..

For more information on these fine artists, go HERE.

For Cee’s FOTD

Favorite Finds

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Black onyx and white enamel pin found in my grandmother’s drawer and given to me by her, along with assorted finds..collected to be assembled into a retablo
Beautiful face superimposed upon a beautiful face.
Sacrificial blood cup Found on the shores of Lake Chapala
1 1/2 ” round stone formed by the wave action in Lake Michigan. Found in a little stand by the side of the road
Small handformed clay dog found in a stall on the malecon in Ajijic
Bird carved from a cow horn found in an art market in Havana, Cuba.
Large replica of a PreColumbian piece found in Chapala, Mexico
Basket found on Lombok Island. basket woven from a local woman, basket base and figures on top carved and painted by her husband.
More of the same.
Bird formed from palm branch found in La Ribera, Baja California. Formed by a friend out of fronds taken from her palapa roof as they created a new one
Huge Bobo ceremonial mask found in my front driveway when African friends set up a show there. One of the few things I brought with me to Mexico. 74 inches high.

Click on photos to enlarge.

For the Favorite Finds Prompt

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Carvings, Sculptures and Statues

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Click on photos to enlarge

Marble, Mexico
Detail from Church, Ocotlan, Oaxaca
Molded leather centerpiece for one of my retablos.
Chapala, Mx, Clay
Bronze, Guanajuato, MX
Bronze, India
Clay, Mexico
Clay, Mexico
Painted wood church sculpture, Michoacan
Cantera marble, Tonala, MX, my backyard!
Cantera Marble, Chapala–My front yard!
Bronze, Mexico
Lady Liberty, bronze, New York Harbor
Clay, Mexico
Nacimientos, Mexico, painted clay.
Virgin of Guadalupe, wood, Michoacan

Yes, I did get a bit carried away. Some of these definitely need to be enlarged. Just click on them!

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Carvings, sculptures and statues

Terra-cotta

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Terra-cotta
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These photos were taken at what used to be my very favorite place.  It was a large outdoor studio where they made pre-Columbian replicas–huge pieces fired in three colossal wood-fired kilns.

Some of the one-of-a-kind pieces were handmade by a doctor who preferred sculpture to the scalpel.  He had become a doctor for his father, but his heart was in the clay studio. His pieces were amazing and much more expensive than the other pieces which were lovely but mass-produced.  Luckily, I had the good sense to purchase several of his as well as dozens of their other pieces.

The last time I went back, the place was closed.  A huge locked gate was as far as we could get.  These pictures were of their refuse pile–pieces that had blown apart in the kiln that they had not yet reassembled and painted.  I used to beg them to sell me pieces from this pile, which I loved. It felt like my own archeological expedition.  Sometimes they did!

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