- Handmade by Ruben Adanaque Inga
- Ships from Peru within 10 days
- For decorative use only
- Signed by the artist
- Not for use with foods
Product Features |
Product Details
Would you like to give feedback on images?
|
Product Description
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Conjuring positive and negative space, Ruben Adanaque creates dramatic images in charcoal and ivory. These extraordinary decorative plates are hand-crafted with millennial techniques. Adanaque achieves the colors by exposing the clay to smoke. Ceramics such as this are entirely unique. Occasionally they may show slight variations of color or asymmetrical brushstrokes, but this only confirms their originality and authenticity. Artisan Info: "Hi, my name is Ruben Adanaque Inga, and I was born on April 10, 1963 in Piura. From time immemorial, this region has been the cradle of significant pre-Inca cultures, such as Vicus, Tallan, and Moche among others, which bequeathed us a deep ceramist tradition. "I started working as a potter at 17 in the workshop of the Paz Arizmendi brothers, from whom I learned the craft, starting as a burner. Then, I learned to create birds and fruits on my own. Two years later, I started making the traditional Chulucanas ceramics. But my wish was to create faces and hands, thus I came to study with master craftsman Max Inga. "In general, my development as a ceramist evolves from practice, as for most artisans from my land. My works are characterized by globular and symmetrical shapes. I've adopted the pre-Columbian technique of the Vicus culture from
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
