MANTEL x TERRA Vase 003, Barro Negro, H 18cm
A chunky rounded vase by MANTEL x Terra. Hand built and finished by Maestra Magaili in Oaxaca, Mexico. This style features 6 spheres draped diagonally around the neck. Part of a series of 3 styles.
The body of the vase is kept raw and textural, and the rim and spheres highly burnished (hand polished with a river stone) to create the beautiful gun metal finish that is characteristic of Barro Negro.
Height: 18cm
Width (at base): 8cm
Width of rim: 5.5cm
Width of opening: 2.5cm
Barro Negro is a magical clay, heavy with history. It’s only found deep within one carefully, guarded pit not far from the village of San Bartolo Coyotepec. Archeological relics have shown us that it was known to the indigenous peoples in the region, who fired the pieces to temperature turning the clay a light grey or white. However, it was the extraordinary Doña Rosa, who revived the town's pottery reputation in the 1950’s by combining burnishing techniques used elsewhere with a lower firing that allowed the unique properties of the clay to shine through creating a deep black surface, which glows from within.
A chunky rounded vase by MANTEL x Terra. Hand built and finished by Maestra Magaili in Oaxaca, Mexico. This style features 6 spheres draped diagonally around the neck. Part of a series of 3 styles.
The body of the vase is kept raw and textural, and the rim and spheres highly burnished (hand polished with a river stone) to create the beautiful gun metal finish that is characteristic of Barro Negro.
Height: 18cm
Width (at base): 8cm
Width of rim: 5.5cm
Width of opening: 2.5cm
Barro Negro is a magical clay, heavy with history. It’s only found deep within one carefully, guarded pit not far from the village of San Bartolo Coyotepec. Archeological relics have shown us that it was known to the indigenous peoples in the region, who fired the pieces to temperature turning the clay a light grey or white. However, it was the extraordinary Doña Rosa, who revived the town's pottery reputation in the 1950’s by combining burnishing techniques used elsewhere with a lower firing that allowed the unique properties of the clay to shine through creating a deep black surface, which glows from within.
A chunky rounded vase by MANTEL x Terra. Hand built and finished by Maestra Magaili in Oaxaca, Mexico. This style features 6 spheres draped diagonally around the neck. Part of a series of 3 styles.
The body of the vase is kept raw and textural, and the rim and spheres highly burnished (hand polished with a river stone) to create the beautiful gun metal finish that is characteristic of Barro Negro.
Height: 18cm
Width (at base): 8cm
Width of rim: 5.5cm
Width of opening: 2.5cm
Barro Negro is a magical clay, heavy with history. It’s only found deep within one carefully, guarded pit not far from the village of San Bartolo Coyotepec. Archeological relics have shown us that it was known to the indigenous peoples in the region, who fired the pieces to temperature turning the clay a light grey or white. However, it was the extraordinary Doña Rosa, who revived the town's pottery reputation in the 1950’s by combining burnishing techniques used elsewhere with a lower firing that allowed the unique properties of the clay to shine through creating a deep black surface, which glows from within.