Artisanal talavera of Puebla and Tlaxcala (Mexico)

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2019
URL: ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01462
Description: The making processes associated with the artisanal talavera in Mexico and ceramics in Spain are identified with two communities in each country. Despite changes over time - including the use of electric potter’s wheels - the artisanal processes closely resemble those from the sixteenth century. Key skills include preparing the clay, making the earthenware using a potter’s wheel or cast, decorating, preparing enamels and pigments and managing the kiln. Related knowledge and skills are mostly borne by master earthenware artisans and ceramists, who transmit them to the next generations within their workshops or in the family setting.
Country(ies): Mexico; Spain
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