“In Oaxaca, clay represents a way of living. It’s practical, sustainable, and an example of good design,” says industrial designer Kythzia Barrera, who, along with Diego Mier y Terán, co-founded Innovando la Tradición and Colectivo 1050°, sister organizations that collaborate with Indigenous potters to preserve traditional knowledge and skills.
Tiravanija was inspired by visits to master potters in Mexico, such as Cooperativa 1050° – an indigenous collective from Chiapas, Puebla and Oaxaca – to create the clay vessels on view in ‘Mescal vs. Pulque’, where he invited gallery-goers to sample the titular, agave-based drinks.
Artisans from more than seven communities throughout Oaxaca, Puebla and Chiapas joined forces and created a cooperative to preserve the craftsmanship and respect surrounding clay and pottery.
Colectivo 1050º: Oaxaca is famous for its ancient style of artisanal pottery made from unique clays: barro negro and barro rojo. Colectivo 1050º was founded by nonprofit Innovando La Tradición as a collective and marketplace for regional ceramicists to sell their work.
Con cambios y novedades la feria de arte Zona Maco, que se efectuará del 7 al 11de febrero, llega a 15 años.Entre las novedades destacan las iniciativas con compromiso social, por ejemplo,la presencia de Colectivo 1050°, que promueve la alfarería de Oaxaca con el fin deayudar a las comunidades en su desarrollo.
Un objeto puede romperse, puede perderse, hacer mal sufunción y por ende desaparecer de nuestras vidas. Un grandiseño es el resultado de la combinación de emoción yfunción. Así es como su valor trasciende lo que pudo habercostado o el material del cual esta hecho. Un buen diseñotiene esta característica de crear conexiones emocionales conlas personas.
Junto con las artesanas de 7 comunidades de Oaxaca,estamos demostrando que las colaboraciones aplicadas conmétodo y consistencia nos ofrecen enormes posibilidadespara cambiar nuestro mundo.
I felt comfortable enough to go mapless to sample asquash-blossom quesadilla I’d heard about that was solddeep in the mazelike Mercado de Abastos, and dip intoColectivo 1050°, a ceramics design collective where Irecognized the same simple black bowl I’d eaten from a fewhours earlier.
Oaxaca sounds like a place from another time. There’s thehistory and lore of mezcal, the agave-based spirit produced inthe central Mexican region, the ruins of the Zapoteccivilization, and the 20 languages spoken besides Spanish.
Junto con las artesanas de 7 comunidades de Oaxaca,estamos demostrando que las colaboraciones aplicadas conmétodo y consistencia nos ofrecen enormes posibilidadespara cambiar nuestro mundo.
Oaxacan artisans work together to design handmade claymezcal cups, lamps, and other functional objects sold in thissmall shop.
There are some traditions that are universal. Here, wehighlight a single craft and how it’s being adapted, retoughtand remade for the 21st century.
Decor finds: “Utilitario Mexicano. A brand dedicated torescuing the traditional utensils of our culture—a must,” saysZamora. “Onora Casa is a beautiful project dedicated tocreating home accessories and textiles with artisanal designsthat are a reinterpretation of classics,” says Salazar. “Also,Colectivo1050 is a brand of sublime clay objects made byhand in Oaxaca.”
Since 2009, the Oaxaca-based organization Innovando laTradición has been invested in rethinking the imperatives ofclay-based crafts, while promoting sustainable practices.
Traditional pots like the comal and other Colectivo 1050opieces spring from a deep understanding and appreciation ofthe environment from which they are born – the cycles ofnature, the qualities of the materials, the balance of a ruraland self-sufficient life – they are all connected to the roots of adeep and wise Mexico, informing us about what makes ushuman.
En Oaxaca, la organización sin fines de lucro Innovando laTradición ha pasado la última década construyendo unmodelo para promover y sostener la tradición de la cerámicaque está desapareciendo en la región, y que se remonta a3,000 años de antigüedad. “El barro está tan arraigado a lahistoria de México”, dice el cofundador Diego Mier y Terán, “y ala humanidad”.