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Cream-Hued Ceramic Pucara Bull Figurine - Festive Pucara Bull in Cream
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Known as el torito de Pucará, this handsome bull is dressed to initiate the branding ceremonies in Pucará (Puno) and ensure the animals will be fertile. It is also believed that the bull guards families and households. Dionisio Rojas preserves this millenary tradition with this ceramic figurine, which he paints with festive detail against a body of cream.
- Ceramic
- 0.45 lbs
- 6.8 inches H x 6 inches W x 3.1 inches D
THE STORY BEHIND THE PRODUCT
Artisan Organization: Dionisio Rojas
Country: Andes
The artistry of Dionisio Rojas Gutierrez has been featured in the Cincinnati Inquirer.
Dionisio Rojas Gutierrez is an artisan from the Andes mountains of southern Peru. He has worked since the age of ten with his cousins, who are also ceramics artists, and his aunt who had an art store in his hometown. Rojas sold his ceramic artwork locally as a teenager and won art contests at local, state, and national levels as his skills progressed. Alongside his lovely wife, he fully dedicates himself to his ceramic artwork, in particular churches, lamps, animals, and musicians.
He forms the vases on the potter's wheel, while figurines are shaped by hand or in a hand-made mold. The pieces are fired it at a temperature of 900 º C (1,652 º F). When they have cooled, Rojas paints the motifs and protects each piece with a coat of varnish."
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