New Shipment of Gorky Gonzalez Banks, Crosses, and Planters!

We are excited about the new and unique Majolica Pottery that we just received from Gorky Gonzalez! We have been busy taking photos of the new items and are getting ready to publish them to our website, La Casa Mexicana.us. In this new shipment we have adorable Majolica Animal Banks, including Cats, Pigs, Chickens, and Owls! Also, we have new Majolica Pottery Chicken Planters, which are perfect to welcome the Spring and Summer months. One more thing to add is Crosses. Gorky's Majolica Crosses are exquisitely designed with a tiny trailing flower motif, and they're arriving just in time for Spring and the celebration of Easter! What a perfect time of year to display them on your wall! Gorky Gonzalez implements the traditional style of Majolica when creating works of art for you to enjoy!

Majolica is earthenware that has been fired and then coated with a tin enamel. It is left to dry and then the surface becomes opaque. The designs are then carefully painted onto the ceramic and a transparent glaze is applied. Finally, the pieces are fired one more time revealing a lustrous and very colorful and vibrant work of art! We are excited about these new offerings and know that you will be too, so we invite you to come by anytime and check us out at La Casa Mexicana.us.

Also, every new shipment is available to you at Introductory Pricing for a limited time!

We are proud to introduce our new line of Ixachitlan handmade pottery. The pottery is made entirely by hand by artisans from the community of Villa Progreso. Villa Progreso is a community of the state Queretaro located 74 km southwest from the city of Queretaro. Its name comes from the two hills between which it is located, the “Otomies” used to call it “Bothe” or Place of the Two Hills. Villa Progreso was inhabited mostly by the Indian “Otomies” that came from Xilotepec (near Mexico City) in 1942.

A family of Villa Progreso’s community began making this beautiful pottery about 40 years ago. The artisans use ancient techniques that have been passed down from their ancestors. Now, the production is run by a daughter and her family and about another 20 people from the same community participate in the creation of each piece. Below is a brief demonstration of the pottery making process.

First: The clay is pounded into the molds and left for drying...



Second: The dried ceramic products are lightly marked with a pencil to paint symmetrical figures...



Third: The artisans mark with pencil the different figures on the ceramic using paper...



Fourth: One artisan paints the plain color lines and the other one paints the figures...



Fifth: Another artisan paints the small dots on the ceramic pieces...



Sixth: Once the paintings are dry, the ceramic pieces are cooked in an oven at 1200 °C...



Note: The pieces are stoneware and can be used in the microwave and do NOT contain lead.

Ixachitlán Pottery Coming Soon!