Guillermina Aguilar Alcántara is the first-born daughter of Isaura Alcántara Díaz, the woman who started the Aguilar family's clay tradition. She grew up helping her mother with the household and never had a formal education,...

Born in Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Indiana Marques has dedicated over 25 years to the craft of ceramics as a devoted observer of her region’s diverse heritage. Her work serves as a...

José García Antonio is a ceramicist from San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Oaxaca, known as the artisan behind "Manos que Ven" (Hands That See). He lost his eyesight to glaucoma in his fifties but continued sculpting,...

José Miguel García Mendoza is the son of master artisan José García Antonio. He began his craft as a child, mimicking his father's work by creating small mermaids while his father sculpted large-scale versions. Today,...

Josefina Aguilar Alcántara (1945–2026) began her artistic journey at age six, learning at the feet of her mother, Isaura Alcántara Díaz, who was the first in their village to shift from making utilitarian pots to...

Leopoldo García Aguilar carries forward one of Mexico's most celebrated ceramic lineages. Based in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, he is the son of Maestra Guillermina Aguilar Alcántara and grandson of Isaura Alcántara Díaz, the matriarch...

Leticia Aguilar is a third-generation ceramicist from Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, the daughter of folk artist Josefina Aguilar. Continuing her family's tradition, she hand-sculpts vibrant "muñecas" and polychrome clay figures depicting womanhood, indigenous myths, and...

Sam Balói is a self-taught Mozambican woodcarver who works in the Psikhelekedana tradition, shaping softwood into brightly painted, narrative-driven dioramas. His early passion for the craft was nearly derailed by a childhood injury and the...

Severino de Oliveira, known as Severino, is a self-taught artist from Rio de Janeiro who turns discarded aluminum cans into small, detailed dioramas. Known for his "Lata-Arte," he hand-paints and assembles three-dimensional scenes that often...

Taller Manos Que Ven, based in San Antonino Castillo Velasco, is a multigenerational workshop for traditional Oaxacan barro rojo pottery. Founded by José García Antonio, it now runs as a family collective, where techniques like...