pottery

Decoupage motifs depict the legendary art of Puebla to cover this reverent pinewood cross. The home of Talavera pottery, Puebla's ceramic art is legendary. Ana María González selects a colorful pattern depicting tiles.

Crafted by hand, this beautiful cross depicts a red rose amid floral motifs. Pedro Alba works in the style of Mexico's traditional Talavera pottery, creating an elegant ceramic cross to display on the wall.

Historically, crosses are commonly seen in Mexican homes. Guadalajara-based artisan Margarita Revilla takes inspiration from these to create this beautiful version. She works in aluminum repoussé, the cross-hatched patterns recalling the motifs in Mexico's petatillo pottery.

Historically, crosses are commonly seen in Mexican homes. Guadalajara-based artisan Margarita Revilla takes inspiration from these to create this beautiful version. She works in aluminum repoussé, the neat crosshatched patterns recalling the motifs in Mexico's petatillo pottery. A flower blooms in the center to host a cobalt blue bead of recycled glass.

Crafted from ceramic in the traditional style of Maiolica handicrafts, this pair of crosses will add a touch of faith and spring to your tree this holiday season. Mexican artisan Gorky Gonzalez creates these ornaments, featuring hand-painted designs and florid accents. Each ornament is marked with the artisan's signature, as well as the letters "AT" for Alfarería Tradicional (Traditional Pottery).

Margarita Revilla, a master artisan versed in malleable materials, produces this charming wall cross in her Jalisco workshop through an exhaustive process. This cross has ample care and purpose put into its creation, with the artisan firstly impressing the design into clay, burnishing to give it a striking black finish, drying it for two weeks, then baking it for three days to arrive at completion. Incorporating a floral design on the cross, Revilla blends the pre-Hispanic pottery style of barro negro, commonplace in Oaxaca, with the ancient symbol of the Western religion that arrived in Mexico with the Spanish.