Santa María Atzompa

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México Santa María Atzompa

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Ceramic in Monte Albán Museum

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Zapotec ceramic on display at the Monte Albán Museum The most prevalent of Mexico’s crafts is ceramics/pottery. Ceramics was considered one of the highest art forms during the Aztec Empire, with the knowledge of making pottery said to have come from the god Quetzalcoatl himself.

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Zapotec statue from the site museum at Monte Albán

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Zapotec statue from the site museum at Monte Albán

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the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City The plaited headdress on this Zapotec statue looks like that worn by women in Oaxacan villages today. the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City One of the many beautiful pieces of Zapotec pottery The Monte Albán archeological site, found in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was one of the first cities in Mesoamerica, and functioned as the center of Zapotec culture for over a thousand years. Founded around the year 500 BC, it reached its zenith by the 3rd century AD before eventually collapsing by the 8th century AD.

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The town Santa María Atzompa is located a few kilometers from the archaeological site of Monte Albán. Pottery-making has always been an important activity in Santa María Atzompa since it was founded between the 7th and 9th centuries just north of the Zapotec city of Monte Albán. The name Atzompa means high water mark in the Nahuatl language.

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While almost all of Atzompa’s pottery is of the traditional green-glazed variety, since the 1980s, a potter by the name of Dolores Porras has created the first glazed natural color and multicolored glazed pottery.

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Dolores Porras developed a white translucent glaze on which to paint colors such as bright oranges, blues, greens and yellows. Each of her pieces are done by hand and are decorated with figures such as borders, mermaids, flowers and iguanas. She has been invited to give workshops in the United States, where she learned about lead-free glazes and has applied these to her work.

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Recently, several innovations have been devised to try and help revive the pottery market. In the 1990s, the Mexican government developed lead-free glazes to be mass marketed. In the 2000’s, a cooperative pottery market was created in the town, and the efforts of potter Dolores Porra, who created new designs and colors, has been recognized.

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A number of potters in Atzompa have turned to the making of clay figures, terra cotta figurines called "embroidered dolls" (muñecas bordadas) who are made with long skirts that reach the floor, (eliminating the need to create breakable feet)’ elegantly adorned with earrings, necklaces and their dresses are decorated with elaborate floral designs.

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There are also mermaids and angels. Each piece is unique and the colors are produced by mineral pigments in local rocks.

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Despite being close to the city of Oaxaca, Atzompa is a very poor community which subsists mostly on the production of its signature green pottery.

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The town is attracting an increasing number of Mexican and international tourists because of its pottery, which is helping the town’s economy. The new crafts market has done much to attract these tourists.

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The new crafts market has done much to attract these tourists. The market is not only a central location for the sale of the pottery, it is also set up to allow communal selling of the products and allow the artisans to spend less time selling and more time making pottery.

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The pieces are labeled as to the artisan and the artisans rotate shifts at the market.

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz, an unusual potter in a village of trade potters, for what she makes is expressive and comes from he internal vision, making her more akin to our western view of an artist

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angélica's creations encompass a wide spectrum: small ethereal but spirited angels, to majestic female figures and large sculptural compositions. Due to their complexity and detail, the latter can take up to four weeks to create. She refers to such pieces as "temas completas" (complete themes), in that they convey her interpretations of historical and contemporary subjects, such as the Mexican Revolution or the Abastos market (usually the largest market in a town). Although her artistic expression is achieved through old folk arts techniques, her themes can often be considered "modern.“ mermaids and angels. Each piece is unique and the colors are produced by mineral pigments in local rocks.

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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Duelo by Angelica Vasquez Cruz of Santa Maria Atzompa at Museo Estatal de Arte Popular1 de Oaxaca in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca

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Angelica Vazquez Cruz

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