Industrial Designer Marcio Dupont

Industrial Designer Marcio Dupont at the first sucessful firing with Industrial Design Career Dean.

Ceiling Light lamps 2009

Ceiling Light lamps 2009

Ceiling Light lamps 2009

Unistmo´s Ceramic Design 2009 - Ceramic developed during my work as a ceramic designer-techinician at the University. Low temperatu

Original local ceramic craft. Ceramic Tehuanas have a long and old tradition in Oaxaca. Skilled ceramists were responsibles, however, they have an artisan - craft approach. The idea as a designer was to approach the tradition and develop a contemporary view of the tradition. Crafters didn´t use plaster models but pottery wheels or built the figures hand-made. My approach was to "modernize" the tradition and make the figures using plaster models.

Another example of local ceramic crafts. Figures found at local markets. Each artisan has a different approach, experience and history; this particularities were reflected at the Tehuanas personalities.

Tehuana tanguyu 2009 - Redesigning an old tradition, hand crafted clay figure, throuhgh the application of design and ceram

Tehuana tanguyu 2009 - Redesigning an old tradition, hand crafted clay figure, throuhgh the application of design and ceram

Tehuana tanguyu 2009 - Redesigning an old tradition, hand crafted clay figure, throuhgh the application of design and ceram

Tehuana tanguyu 2009 - Redesigning an old tradition, hand crafted clay figure, throuhgh the application of design and ceram

Tehuana tanguyu 2009 - Redesigning an old tradition, hand crafted clay figure, throuhgh the application of design and ceram

Army of tehuanas - All done by hand, one by one, from model to final ceramic figure, totalizing almost 50 units.

Tehuana with firing and decoration. Original figure was terracota only. It originated the concept for the set of 100 Tehuanas displayed here.

Fired Tehuana.

Clay figure before firing. Hand-made at pottery wheel. 100 figures were made, one by one. Figure separated in two parts - bottom and torso with head. Arms were added later. Hand-made too.

Clay Figures before firing.

Tehuanas with color applications before the transparent glaze. The 100 tehuanas were decorated in different colors and fashion styles following local traditions. Each tehuana has a different geometric and decorative pattern.

Figures with transparent glaze and colour applications before firing.

Final - ceiling lamp, tehuana figures and skull.