Frutero Paisaje Cosecha 12"

Esteban de la Cruz Miranda & Rodrigo de la Cruz Cabrera: Ceramics Esteban de la Cruz and his son, Rodrigo, live in the small isolated community of San Augustin Oapan in the State of Guerrero.  The tradition of making handcrafted and hand-painted ceramics has been in their family for five generations. While the traditional methods for producing these pieces are being replaced by cheap recreations, using molds and unnatural acrylic paints, Esteban and Rodrigo’s family remains dedicated to the history and culture of the craft and only produce their unique ceramics using natural techniques.     The duo produces a variety of figurines and one-of-a-kind ceramics including pot shaped canteros, round aquadoras,  human figures, bowls and rustic animals.  They take donkeys into the mountain to harvest the clay and gather the natural sources used for pigments such as plants and stones.  After firing the hand-formed designs in open-air, hardening in place their desired shapes, the surfaces are