'Éclosion' 2 jarres en céramique - Turquoise

Confectionnées à la main, ces superbes jarres exposent tout le talent des artisans de Lenca, au Honduras. Cette paire, présentée par Alessandra Foletti, s'orne de motifs floraux dans les teintes de noir et turquoise.

• This is a unique handcrafted item. Color and/or patterns may differ slightly from the image.
• Chacun: 12 H x 10,2 Diam CM
• 740 g

The artisan behind ...

"This is an act of love toward women artisans, but it hasn't been all that easy."

"Art runs in my family: my grandmother used to paint, two of my uncles were jewelry makers, a cousin sculpts, and my mother painted beautiful compositions on silk. I was born in Trento (Italy) and my career in painting and ceramics began in Switzerland and Italy. I studied engineering in Switzerland, then anthropology in Mexico. In 1983 my husband and I moved to Honduras to work with the Lenca people and here I began an ethnographic research on their artisanal traditions, especially pottery. Thanks to the research I met many women ceramists, and I was able to publish a book together with Honduras' Anthropology and History Institute... read more