Collection: Cocina Collection

In these collections you will find unique hand shaped pieces from Quinchamali, Chile, Barro negro from Oaxaca, & hand painted clay from Michoacan & Ciudad de México.

BARRO NEGRO OF OAXACA, MEXICO: Barro Negro, (black pottery) is an ancient Zapotec/ Oaxaca pottery that come from one region only: San Bartolo Coyotepec. The special properties of this clay cannot be found anywhere else. These pottery pieces are formed exactly as they have been for hundreds of years. Each piece is shaped by hand & baked in a fire pit of thick black smoke. Each piece takes about 20 days to complete. This process makes these ‘Black Clay’ or ‘Barro Negro’ pieces one of the most sought-after pottery styles in all of Mexico. Because of this continuance of ancestral tradition, picking up a piece of Oaxacan pottery is like holding centuries of history in your hands.

GREDA NEGRA OF QUINCHAMALI, CHILE: Black ceramics from Quinchamali, Chile is one of the oldest traditions of Chilean crafts. Its pottery tradition was born from the indigenous Pehuenche and Mapuche that resisted the colonial period and survived the new ways thanks to the talented hands and wisdom of grandmothers, mothers and daughters, who to this day perpetuate the craft of Black ceramics.
The long and laborious process carried out by the artisans of Quinchamalí has ​​given the area's pottery the seal of designation of origin.

MICHOACAN, MEXICO: Our hand painted ceramic collection is made in the mountains of Michoacan, who for generations have made a glazed pottery in the "Capulineado" style. This technique involves a pointillist approach to ceramic painting, which developed at the time when the Spanish arrived in Michoacán, when monasteries were built and influenced ceramic production in the region. Capulín design celebrates the Mexican cherry flower, or "capulin" and dates back to the mid 1550's