Metropolitan Collection
Ceramic vase, 'Blue Harmony'
Shaped on a potter's wheel, this beautiful vase combines blue with charcoal black. Christian creates the harmonious patterns in the traditional style of Chulucanas. The vase takes its dark color from the smoke of mango leaves.
Metropolitan vases, 'Seeds' (pair)
Obeying ancestral echoes pounding from atop mountains, the sensitive soul of the artisan has reinvented the eternal heart of clay. Decorated in the striking contrast of black embracing white, the original tracery reminds us of the seeds of Latin American dreams.
Metropolitan vase, 'Moche Wisdom'
Original contours define this ceramic vase, its central body enveloped in a vivid red mesh. The design is most representative of Peru's ancient Moche culture. Ruben Adanaque crafts the piece by hand, as geometric details exalt solid color contrasts.
Chulucanas ceramic vase, 'Sunrays'
"With black lines and a yellow background, I depict the sun's rays that illuminate this vase. Its shape is a part of my expression, " Rafael Medel says. The artisan brings contemporary style to the ancient ceramic techniques of Chulucanas.
Ceramic vases, 'Volcano' (set of 3)
Christian shapes a trio of vases like tall volcanic peaks. He works in the traditional ceramic style of Chulucanas. Shaped on a potter's wheel, these beautiful vases take their dark colors from the smoke of mango leaves.
Ceramic vase, 'Red Seashell Flower'
Obeying a force older than the universe, curves twist, falling to the ground, looking for their ancestral roots. Perhaps flower, perhaps seashell, this ceramic vase is a superb example of Ruben Adanaque's imagination and creativity. Ceramics such as this are entirely unique.
Ceramic vase, 'Chameleons' (medium)
Seen in silhouette, chameleons scurry across a voluptuous black vase. Christian works in the traditional ceramic style of Chulucanas. Shaped on a potter's wheel, this beautiful vase takes its dark color from the smoke of mango leaves.
Ceramic vase, 'Legends'
Toribio Huaraca looks to Peru's past for inspiration, finding a muse in the art of the Moche people. He designs an original piece, which he crafts by hand of ceramic featuring the distinctive iconographies of this northern Peruvian culture.