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Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and horizontal layout. In a long shot, an artisan woman is crouching, burning pottery pieces in the open field, a typical artisan process from Florida, Concepción. Next to her, a countryman is wearing a straw hat. At the back, a hill with trees, grass, and animals grazing.

Context:

During the 60s, the interest in folk art and the Bio Bio region pottery works were especially important. Intellectuals such as Tomás Lago and Hernán San Martín, among others, made writings about the ceramic production of artisan peasants in Florida, Concepción. These writings were improved by travels and interviews recorded in books and newspapers from the time, pointing out the variety of shapes they reached with clay, like pans, large dishes, jars, and the development of ornithomorphic, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic figures. Currently, the museum collection has objects from the area and the period.

Subjects:
Artisan, Chile, Florida, Folk Art, Outreach, Pottery, Research and Teaching