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Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and horizontal layout. In a big close-up, the ceramics burning or boiling process over a dirt floor in an open space in Florida, Concepción, can be seen. The pottery pieces are ash-free, and big and small pots of fitomorphic forms can be distinguished. They are arranged randomly. On the upper right side, a woman is taking out the boiled pieces with a shovel.

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