Folk Art Pique Assiette Memoryware Mosaic Shardware Oval Mirror

The pleasantness of visual symmetry, a wonderful collection of five very unusual hand drawn depictions of animals on paper, housed in period glazed maple frames. The animals in the ...

A wonderful folk art hand penned and coloured portrait of the Brighton Match Maker 1828. Housed in its original frame with a decorative perforated border and wee verse that reads ...

Antique American Folk Art Mirror With Exotic Wood Inlay. This antique folk art mirror is heavily inlaid with several exotic wood specimens c...

This contemporary azulejo tile forms a mosaic perfect for kitchen decorations or any exterior space. Made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico, but this time with a contemporary touch. This wall decoration can be arranged to fit specific spaces or simply hanged as a painting on the wall. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...