Willy Villaluorte Traditional Chorotegan Guatil Pottery, Costa Rica 6 3/4”

Description

Signed Willy Villaluorte Traditional Chorotegan Guatil Pottery Vase Costa Rica Handmade, 6 3/4”
This traditionally hand made and hand painted vase, with clay and glaze materials sourced from local mountains and beaches, was made by Willy Villaluorte Ramirez, a sixth generation potter at his family studio, Willy’s Pottery, in Guatil, Costa Rica on a hand turned wheel.
In overall very good condition.  There is a small area of glaze loss on the rim, marks on the base from use, and some vague marks on the dark bottom are I think are from the firing process.  See last several photos.
Signed on bottom: Willy Villaluorte Costa Rica 2013
Dimensions
:
Height:
6 3/4”
Top diam:
3”
Widest diam:
4 1/2”
Base diam:
2”
Weight:
1 lb. 5 oz.
About Chorotegan culture and Guatil Pottery
Guatil is a Chorotegan village for.
Costa Rican Pottery and is home to about 50 families carrying on their Chorotegan traditions.
The Chorotega are an indigenous aboriginal people and language group of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Their culture is reflected in how Guatil pottery is made in the traditional manner dating back 800 years.
Studios and galleries exist in most of the homes in Guatil.
Families use traditional methods to source clay and the minerals for glazes, firing the work using wood burning kilns.
Thrown on his manually spun wheel, the clay for Willy’s pots is sourced from local mountains mixed with “iguana sand” from the beach.
Pieces are formed, shaped and burnished using hand made tools including corncob, dried shell of a gourd, quartz stone for burnishing the piece.