Clay fabrication

• A. The selection of the earth is basic to develop a good product. It has to be reach in minerals. Once selected there is a hand kneading process to make the paste in a very similar way to the pizza manufacturing process.
  
  
  
  
• B. Once the paste is made then it is applied to the different molds that form the shapes. Then the molds are taken off and the shapes are made. There is a baking process with fire to give endurance and strenght to the pieces, combined with a cooling process that requieres the natural weather to cooperate. Rainy season is a though time as it makes the process very long and the production time to extend.
  
  
  
  
• C. Once the product is dry it is then painted and finished using a wide selection of natural materials and paintings to achieve the final touch which is basic to the warmth and expression of the clay piece.