When Pearl Valtierra It exposes its ceramic pieces, it seems that the environment is transformed. Mexicanity, talent and aesthetics merge into the corners that house each foot and transport behind each design, who sees them carefully. On this occasion, Perla Valtierra has taken her work to Spainwhere that magic that transmits is reflected in a Pop Up In Laesquina Lenom.
In addition to being a way of exalting Mexican talent, the work of the ceramist is exposed in such a way that he tells his own and collective stories, so that anyone who acquires them also lives them.
Perla Valtierra will have an exhibition in Spain.Alexander Barrios.
A love story for ceramics
Perla Valtierra has always made her own language, Therefore and to improve his own technique he traveled to various parts of the world. Thus he arrived in Japan – a country with a ceramist tradition – and understood new cooking and clay development techniques, which for Japanese experts were part of their process. Thus, after an exhausted research, he brought his knowledge to the Mexican mud and resulted in a completely new technique in the territory: expose it to high temperatures.
But, when finding this special technique, the ceramist joined the teacher Don Jesús Torres, one of the last turners of the Bajío, an area known for his pottery. Then, between the traditional forms of artisanal production and the finding of Valtierra, a new creative process was born that, since 2016, has incorporated colors, elements, designs and above all, meanings.
Perla Valtierra pieces explore several techniques.Luis Gravan.
Perla Valtierra has created various pieces since 2010.Luis Garvan.
Of course This is not completely new in the work of Perla Valtierra, because she has made her work a merger of design, culture and love. As is. Transforms a daily object into a work of art or vice versa, so in its exhibitions there are objects such as dishes or candlesticks that have their own characteristics that, therefore, makes them simple elements of incorporating to day to day.
Her work has taken her to incredible corners since 2010, the year in which she opened her homonym firm to produce high quality artisanal ceramic pieces in Mexico and although everything began in her native Chihuahua, her investigations have spread to Japan, Belgium and France, as well as artisan communities in Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Oaxaca. It should be noted that in 2022, Perla Valtierra was part of the creative women of AD Mexico.