I have been to Juan Paulino’s a few times now, and it never get’s old. His family has been making pottery for several generations, and he has an in-home studio and shop in San Juan de Oriente – about an hour away from where we have been living. Enjoy a little fieldtrip through our pictures!
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- Foot powered wheel (This is a relative of Juan)
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- Scraping it to make sure that there are no air bubbles. If there are air bubbles, it will expolde in the Kiln.
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- Juan paint on a special coating – a mixture of “earth” and water.
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- They make all sizes of pots
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- These tiles will eventually become like….
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- …these tiles
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- Everything is done by hand
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- They had a horse in the backyard
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- Juan shows us the kiln he both made and uses for his pottery.
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- The wood goes under here
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- Fire Poker
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- Kiln Chimney
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- He lines the inside of his kiln with plates so that the fire does not directly hit his pots
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- Juan has many beautiful pieces for sale in his shop at incredibly reasonable prices.
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- A few of my favorites…
