Amando holding a bowl and plate in his workshop.
Amando holding a bowl and plate in his workshop.

San Bartolo, Mexico

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Handcrafted in partnership with world-class artisans—real people making products that bring meaning and connection to your home. 

Handcrafted in partnership with world-class artisans—real people making products that bring meaning and connection to your home. 
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Small Batch

While protecting traditional methods, each item is handcrafted in limited quantities to ensure its sustainability and uniqueness.

While protecting traditional methods, each item is handcrafted in limited quantities to ensure its sustainability and uniqueness.
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Transparent supply chain

We follow our supply chain from concept to completion to protect our environment and artisan partners.

We follow our supply chain from concept to completion to protect our environment and artisan partners.
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Sustainable Partnerships

By travelling to each region and using only local materials, we establish sustainable relationships with our artisans.

By travelling to each region and using only local materials, we establish sustainable relationships with our artisans.

BLACK CLAY Of Oaxaca

World-famous Barro Negro comes from one region: San Bartolo Coyotepec

The special properties of this clay cannot be found anywhere else. Each piece is shaped by hand (no potter’s wheels here) and baked in a fire of thick black smoke. Invented in the 1950s, it is instantly recognizable and sought-after around the world.

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A family tradition

Amando learned the 2,500-year-old firing technique on the knees of his great grandmother

Amando, who was taught by his great-grandmother, has a strong technical background in high temperature ceramics and has also studied under Japanese masters.

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An ancestral secret

The process of making black clay is widely protected

Amando works with his family in an atelier in his home in San Bartolo. When an artisan inherits the secrets of the Barro Negro pottery, it carries through to their work. And when you receive a product from one of these local artisans, you become the keeper of that ancestral DNA.

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