Face Clay Planter One-of-a-kind Centerpiece

Centerpiece

The calavera form draws from Oaxaca's living tradition of honoring those who came before

nothing added that the earth didn't already put there

The Higher Perspective Skull embodies a powerful blend of ancestral wisdom and feminine energy

Face Clay Planter One-of-a-kind CenterpieceA face watching from the soil. Rooting something that grows. Francisco Martnez forms each Face Clay Planter at Taller Pitao Copycha in Oaxaca's Central Valleys the human face hand carved into raw, unglazed clay, the surface hand polished so the natural color and grain of the earth come through. The face motif draws from centuries of Oaxacan ceramic tradition where the human form has always been part of the vessel. For the plant that deserves a home