Meet Our Artisan Partner
Santa María Atzompa, Mexico
The Enrique Family
This family of talented potters hail from Santa María, Atzompa in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. A major centre for the production of pottery since the pre-hispanic period, the town was founded by the ancient Zapotec people in the 7th century and today it’s rustic community with the smoke from wood-fired pottery kilns ever present. This trio of siblings (like most Oaxcan potters) learned this venerable craft from their parents who learned from their parents before that, perfecting a generational process of creating pottery that is synonymous with the area. The brother and two sisters work with the rich, local Oaxacan clay, and the pieces are fired in a homemade kiln that has existed on their property for decades.