San Bartolo Coyotepec · Oaxaca Tierra Negra Barro Negro · Est. 1953

Pottery of the Night

Light
on Black

Iron clay burnished with quartz, smothered in a starved kiln until it gleams like polished graphite.

The Object · Material Study

Ground
Glossy Graphite Black
Light
A Single Pewter Sheen
Method
Quartz Burnish · Starved Kiln
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