Emilia Castillo Handmade Mexican Sterling and Tessellated Stone Bowl

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Emilia Castillo Handmade Mexican Sterling and Tessellated Stone Bowl

About the Item

Hand made Mexican sterling bowl with scrolled handles and rim of tessellated green stone or malachite. The piece is a very nice 5.6 pound piece, which we have left heavily patinated. The piece has been polished and is a brilliantly dazzling centerpiece. Wonderful alone as a decorative work of art, or equally functional at to collect everything from mail to fruit. Emilia Castillo was born to create art that is inspired by nature. As a child, her toys were insects, reptiles, frogs, plants, and rocks. She grew up on a beautiful ranch near Taxco, Mexico, and her father was a noted silversmith who trained under the renowned silversmith and architect William Spratling.The Taxco ranch is still her family’s primary home, shared by her husband and partner, Roberto Romo, and their two daughters, Alejandra and Cristina. The ranch’s environment provides inspiration: a sinuous malachite salamander is the handle on a silver pitcher, pure silver tadpoles decorate porcelain plates with frogs balanced on the rim, scorpions and snakes rendered in stone crawl across serving plates. Her work-silver tableware and objects that combine silver with alabaster, black onyx, malachite, and bisque porcelain-takes simple forms of nature and transforms them into true art. She is able to fashion her thoughts and ideas by her hands to manipulate wood, silver, copper, stone, iron, and ceramic. Emilia says, “I follow my hands. They are the best companions in my work. They allow me to express things I can’t put into words.“ Once Emilia has prepared a prototype, she is able to turn over her ideas to a full staff of craftsmen, who are experts in forging, plating, and porcelain firing. Many of the craftsman working today also worked with Emilia’s father. “My greatest joy is that the artisans that I work with feel the same excitement at making something both beautiful and useful,” she says.

Creator:
Emilia Castillo (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Depth: 16 in (40.64 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Malachite,Sterling Silver,Hammered
Place of Origin:
Mexico
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1950s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU908323789282