day 3

01Jun10

ok so today we actually started our work, we went to a meeting yesterday and we are going to work with 4 different communities that have workshops in which they do different kinds of objects using different techniques as well as materials.
we are working with paper maché, textiles, clay, iron and wood.

for the next two weeks we will be working with the people that make figures out of paper mache and clay, actually in spanish is called barro negro but i dont have the exact translation for it.

we went today to the workshop in one small community that is 15 min away from here and met the group of people that we are working with. they work doing pottery and the lady that does it, doña irene, explained us how everything is done.
all the clay is prepared by hand from making the “dirt” very tiny up to making the object with their hands without any moulds or anything. we got the chance to watch her as she was making some objects and it is just lovely… i am really looking forward to working with them for the next 2 weeks.

this is doña irene preparing the clay

working with the clay

the final object

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