in Mexico and abroad, to the utility, sustainability, and beauty of black clay pottery—and, indeed, all Oaxacan pottery. But there’s still work to be done. As Oaxaca’s tourism expands ...

Often in the form of vessels, bowls, vases, and tiles, these functional clay pottery items are also a form of folk-art originating in Puebla, Mexico ... from a blend of black and white clays ...

Oaxaca does pottery unlike anywhere else ... where many of the city’s restaurants source their black clay dishware. You’ll pay way less than in town (smaller items hover around the $1 mark ...

The Oaxacan Connection is owned by Blythe and Andy Roberts and is a US distributor of black clay pottery from the Oaxacan region of Southern Mexico. They can be reached through their website at ...

A local's guide to Mexico ... he finds his clay deposits. On the way, I asked him to flesh out what I had read: how, as a young man, six decades before, he had come across old pottery sherds ...

These black clay ducks belong to Alejandra Tapia Eguiarte from Mexico, but now resident in the UK. Black clay has been used by the people of Oaxaca, Mexico for many centuries, in fact since ...

In Tonala, pottery rules. It has been the main source of Mexico's most prized pottery since pre-Hispanic times and still boasts more than 400 workshops. As a fan of leisurely afternoon visits to ...