Barro Negro (Mexican Black Clay): Bead Bracelet tiger

Barro Negro (Mexican Black Clay): Bead Bracelet tigerMexican barro negro bracelet from the Doa Rosa family workshop ."Barro negro" translates from Spanish to "black clay". This clay is found in only one place in the world San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca. Here, the clay is excavated from the ground, molded, and pit fired. Its glossy finish is achieved by polishing the clay with quartz stone before firing. This technique was invented and perfected by Doa Rosa, a ceramics artisan, in the 1950's at her

Features:Copal wood

Shark alebrije wood carving by the Morales family workshop in Oaxaca

5" x 7" x 7

5" x 4" x 2

Fantastic dragon alebrije wood carving by Susano Morales and family

Beautiful fox alebrije wood carving handcrafted out of copal wood by the Sosa family workshop in San Martin Tilcajete

Wonderful armadillo with passenger owl wood carving by Gaspar Calvo

We can see that he is starting to branch out into more creative directions than just carving animals

Length/ Height/Width: 14

Oaxaca Mexico

Height/Length/Width: 14" x 9" x 5

A wonderful addition to any art collection