These exquisite bowls from Zambia, Kenya, and Mexico are multipurpose -- they can be used for eating a midnight snack, serving appetizers or hors d’oeuvres to guests, or for plating an entree. You could even use these bowls as centerpieces in your living or dining room. Be ready to impress...
With the month of May in full swing and June fast approaching, high school and college graduation season is upon us. If you have a family member, friend, or colleague who is graduating this year, you may be searching for gift ideas to honor their achievements. Given the hardships and...
Mexico and Nicaragua are Latin American countries known for their artistic handicrafts that display their respective cultures. Craft Montaz offers several types of Mexican and Nicaraguan ceramics that make for exquisite home decor items. The decorative plate featured here is Mexican Talavera pottery, a form of Majolica, which refers to...
Pottery in Mexico dates back thousands of years before the Pre-Columbian period, when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced civilizations and cultures of Mesoamerica. It was that time of human civilization when mankind was more used to stoneware. The making of earthenware began to replace stone utensils in Mexico really early. Ceramics has been...
If you study various cultures throughout the course of time, almost every society has had some sort of pottery or ceramics that they developed with time. Native American Indian pottery reflects the richness and cultural diversity of the Southwestern Pueblo people. The Native Americans developed their own styles of pottery...
If you love pottery you must have heard about the Southwestern pottery by now. The Southwestern part of the US is known for its creative side in pottery. One of the most admired type is the Pueblo pottery. The term ‘Pueblo’ is actually a Spanish name, meaning ‘village’. Pueblo people...
