This charming duck with a playful tail is part of the Canelo Clay birds collection, hand-sculpted by Master Artisan Pablo Pajarito, and finely decorated with floral designs, made from natural pigments.
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Details:
This piece is currently not in stock. Once your order is processed, the artisan will receive an order to produce a replica of the item you ordered. Given the handcrafted and artistic nature of their pieces, your purchase may have some variation in decoration and shape. It is these same variations that make every item unique.
Elaboration times range from 10-15 days.
Measurements:
4.72" high x 4.72" wide x 10.24" long
Weight:
1.98 lbs
Canelo Clay (Traditional Cinnamon colored Clay) is one of 5 traditional types of Clay from Tonala, and it has an amazing technique all its own as Traditional “Barro Canelo”, originally from El Rosario, a community that belongs to the Municipality of Tonala, Jalisco. This technique is considered a Prehispanic Legacy, and nowadays is still completely handcrafted, with natural pigments only found in the region.
It is known as “Canelo” due to it’s color’s similarity to Cinnamon. It’s Terracotta colors make it a very particular type of clay in it’s finished state. This technique has a similar firing process as do most techniques, what changes here is both paint and finish; it is distinguishable because the pigments used are 100% natural and made by the artisan himself. Paint and finish are not noticeable until the piece is fired, this is when different hues of brown appear. The technique was traditionally used for producing water jugs that could keep the water cool.
Pablo Pajarito
The hands of five generations of talented and dedicated men and women have preserved the cultural heritage of their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and even their great-great-grandparents. That is the case of Pablo Pajarito. Being in his workshop is entering the very essence of this Technique. Pablo started working on his technique at a very young age, sanding and softening the easier pieces in his family’s shop. It was at the age of ten that Pablo started practicing his first pencil strokes.
Pablo Pajarito’s crafts are exquisite works of art that go from Tequila cups to Collection pieces.
He has won awards in numerous contests, as well as having a highlight moment when he collaborated with a Japanese artist. A collaboration that took 4 Months to deliver a statue of a robot.
Pablo enjoys his work very much. He also finds gratification helping other Mexican artisans develop their techniques. As well as collaborating on new projects and ideas with his homonymous Pablo Reza, a Wixarika artisan from Jalisco’s High Sierra.
Usually, Pablo crafts around 6 small pieces a day, but when he embarks on a project for a contest or a collector, he can pour a lot of time and dedication into it, a single collection piece may take from 15 days to 1 Month to produce.
