Macrina Mateo Martinez
Master Potter & Founder
San Marcos Tlapazola
Macrina is a renowned Zapotec artist who has been working with clay since the age of seven.
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Her story
Having learned from her mother, Macrina broke with tradition fifty years ago by traveling beyond her village to sell her work. Despite initial criticism, she transformed the local craft into a globally recognized art form, eventually exhibiting at the MoMA.
“Clay has memory... clay feels emotions.”
“We are the women who work the red clay of San Marcos Tlapazola.”
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