UPSIDE DOWN JOSE HEAD PLANTER
A pot depicting an upside down male head, handbuilt and carved by Sara Ernestina, 2021, signed and dated. Features fire licks from the firing process.
Height: 13cm
Width (at base): 7cm
These extraordinary pieces have been created at the family studio Manos Que Ven, of the world renowned Mexican artist Maestro José Garcîa Antonio (b.1947) in the small town of San Antonio Castillo Velasco, Ocotlán, Oaxaca. He is known for his works in the form of mermaids and faces, depicting both himself and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita.
These pieces were sourced directly from the family studio by Terra, in which they visited the Maestro and his family to find out more about their work.
He recalls discovering clay when he was just 7 years old in his town, not far from the workshop and the first figurines that he made as a joke. He quickly realised that his friends couldn't work with clay as he could and understood he must have a talent.
Despite now being completely blind, having lost his eyesight due to cataracts, he continues to produce these special pieces by touch and feel and with the help of his family.
Taller manos que ven consists of Maestro José García and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita, their children José Miguel, Sara Ernestina, Reyna Esther, and son-in-law Jose Luis Reyes Martinez.
The work of José Garcîa Antonio is held in public and private collections worldwide. He has received numerous awards including gaining the prestigious title grand master from the Fomento Cultural Banamex.
He is devoted to his wife and much of his works are modelled after her and her distinctive mole in the centre of her forehead. She became his wife years after he first saw her and had since prayed to make her fall in love with him.
All these years later Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita is still there by his side, still his muse.
She is an accomplished artist in her own right, and when the Maestro went blind in his mid fifties she stepped in to help him finish his pieces.
But now, as he says, he has learned to see in the dark and no longer relies on her. But all his work continues to be inspired by her, as he tells us;
"We men are but beasts without our goddess"
A pot depicting an upside down male head, handbuilt and carved by Sara Ernestina, 2021, signed and dated. Features fire licks from the firing process.
Height: 13cm
Width (at base): 7cm
These extraordinary pieces have been created at the family studio Manos Que Ven, of the world renowned Mexican artist Maestro José Garcîa Antonio (b.1947) in the small town of San Antonio Castillo Velasco, Ocotlán, Oaxaca. He is known for his works in the form of mermaids and faces, depicting both himself and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita.
These pieces were sourced directly from the family studio by Terra, in which they visited the Maestro and his family to find out more about their work.
He recalls discovering clay when he was just 7 years old in his town, not far from the workshop and the first figurines that he made as a joke. He quickly realised that his friends couldn't work with clay as he could and understood he must have a talent.
Despite now being completely blind, having lost his eyesight due to cataracts, he continues to produce these special pieces by touch and feel and with the help of his family.
Taller manos que ven consists of Maestro José García and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita, their children José Miguel, Sara Ernestina, Reyna Esther, and son-in-law Jose Luis Reyes Martinez.
The work of José Garcîa Antonio is held in public and private collections worldwide. He has received numerous awards including gaining the prestigious title grand master from the Fomento Cultural Banamex.
He is devoted to his wife and much of his works are modelled after her and her distinctive mole in the centre of her forehead. She became his wife years after he first saw her and had since prayed to make her fall in love with him.
All these years later Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita is still there by his side, still his muse.
She is an accomplished artist in her own right, and when the Maestro went blind in his mid fifties she stepped in to help him finish his pieces.
But now, as he says, he has learned to see in the dark and no longer relies on her. But all his work continues to be inspired by her, as he tells us;
"We men are but beasts without our goddess"
A pot depicting an upside down male head, handbuilt and carved by Sara Ernestina, 2021, signed and dated. Features fire licks from the firing process.
Height: 13cm
Width (at base): 7cm
These extraordinary pieces have been created at the family studio Manos Que Ven, of the world renowned Mexican artist Maestro José Garcîa Antonio (b.1947) in the small town of San Antonio Castillo Velasco, Ocotlán, Oaxaca. He is known for his works in the form of mermaids and faces, depicting both himself and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita.
These pieces were sourced directly from the family studio by Terra, in which they visited the Maestro and his family to find out more about their work.
He recalls discovering clay when he was just 7 years old in his town, not far from the workshop and the first figurines that he made as a joke. He quickly realised that his friends couldn't work with clay as he could and understood he must have a talent.
Despite now being completely blind, having lost his eyesight due to cataracts, he continues to produce these special pieces by touch and feel and with the help of his family.
Taller manos que ven consists of Maestro José García and his wife Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita, their children José Miguel, Sara Ernestina, Reyna Esther, and son-in-law Jose Luis Reyes Martinez.
The work of José Garcîa Antonio is held in public and private collections worldwide. He has received numerous awards including gaining the prestigious title grand master from the Fomento Cultural Banamex.
He is devoted to his wife and much of his works are modelled after her and her distinctive mole in the centre of her forehead. She became his wife years after he first saw her and had since prayed to make her fall in love with him.
All these years later Maestra Santa Reyna Teresita is still there by his side, still his muse.
She is an accomplished artist in her own right, and when the Maestro went blind in his mid fifties she stepped in to help him finish his pieces.
But now, as he says, he has learned to see in the dark and no longer relies on her. But all his work continues to be inspired by her, as he tells us;
"We men are but beasts without our goddess"