Avanay

Some things are rare by decision.
This is rare by geography.

Paddled against a river stone. Fired in algarrobo at 700 °C. Smoked in mango leaf.

Provenance

2006

The third protected denomination of origin granted in Peru covers the ceramics of Chulucanas.

700–900 °C

Adobe kiln, algarrobo. Reduction in mango leaf, two to three times.

One valley

Tallán paddling and the Vicús negative, together. Not a style — a place.

The Serie · made to order

One or two lines on the form. What it holds, or that it holds nothing.

Dimensions
FormingPaddled, burnished with river stone
FiringAlgarrobo, 700–900 °C
ReductionMango leaf
WorkshopChulucanas
Lead time6–8 weeks
Price
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One or two lines on the form.

Dimensions
FormingPaddled, burnished with river stone
FiringAlgarrobo, 700–900 °C
ReductionMango leaf
WorkshopChulucanas
Lead time6–8 weeks
Price
Enquire about this piece

One or two lines on the form.

Dimensions
FormingPaddled, burnished with river stone
FiringAlgarrobo, 700–900 °C
ReductionMango leaf
WorkshopChulucanas
Lead time6–8 weeks
Price
Enquire about this piece

The making

Clay is dug from a quarry outside Chulucanas. A paddle of wood works it against a river stone held inside the vessel, and the wall grows thin under the rhythm. Slip is laid over the parts that must stay pale. Then the piece goes into an adobe kiln, into mango-leaf smoke, and the smoke takes everything left uncovered.

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The document

The second body of the piece.

A5 cotton rag, letterpress in one colour, piece number in graphite, a dry seal struck across it so the two cannot be separated.

A QR resolves to a page for that single piece: the photographic record of its own making, its firing dates, its workshop. Not a marketing page — a file.

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Pieces are made to order in Chulucanas.

Tell us which one, and where it will live.

For the trade

Specification sheets, lead times and trade terms.

For designers, architects and hospitality.