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About Uriarte

In 1872, Mr. Dimas Uriarte bought an old and unsuccessful pottery workshop. It was only a matter of time until his son, Isauro, improved the quality of all ceramic earth ware and increased the production process. Then, known for its great quality, large variety and ability to export, Uriarte factory became one of the most respected Talavera manufacturers in Mexico.
Today Uriarte is one of the few authentic Talavera workshops left. Stated as authentic, Uriarte Talavera has to maintain the traditional manufacturing codes.

How to buy?
To help you find your way around our site, our Talavera collection is presented in categories (as seen in the left navigation bar), you can either select a category, use our in-site search engine (also in the left navigation bar) or simply browse around the site, to see our magnificent array of Talavera items:
(Ceramic Bowls) (Serving Plates) (Flowerpots) (Vases) (Mirrors) (Tiles) (Ornaments) (Basins) (Home Decor) (Wine Cups) (KitchenWare) (Crystals)


About Uriarte Pottery
Uriarte pottery is made with two kinds of clay which are mixed, strained and kneaded, then sent to the workshop. Each item is hand modeled and left to dry from eight to twelve weeks.
Once dry, the items are baked for about 8 hours at 1562°F (850°C). This process turns the grayish clay into the traditional yellowish hue called "jahuete."
The next step is the one on which each and every one of the items are hand-dipped in a mixture of tin and lead mixture either known as the traditional glaze. This glaze grants the Talavera pottery its traditional off-white background. After each coated piece is checked to ensure that the glaze coating is even and complete, the decorating stage begins. First the stencil designs are sketched with charcoal powder as preparation for the painting stage. On that stage each item is hand painted with natural mineral based colors applied with mule hair brushes. Finally the pottery is fired once again, this time at 1922°F (1050°C). The second firing "reveals" the marvelous colors.

Maintaining these ancient techniques without any compromises placed Urirate pottery at the top of Puebla's pottery manufacturing and is the reason why Uriarte Talavera does not lose its glow and color over use and time.


Basic Talavera Guidelines
Talavera pottery is inimitable and its potters have to preserve the old techniques and guidelines. Following are several important guidelines:

The clay from which Talavera pottery is manufactured (a mixture of two types of clay, black & white) has to be obtained ONLY from natural deposits in the Talavera zone.

All Talavera pots have to be glazed while preserving the traditional glazing formula, the glaze must be crazed and should be slightly porous.

The glaze base mustn't be pure white. It's coloring should have undertones.

All pottery must be hand painted with only six traditional mineral pigments. Combining these colors is the only way to achieve colors that are not: blue, yellow, red, green, brown and black.

The painting must fuse into the glaze. Only the blue and yellow details can have a bas-relief look.

Each Talavera piece has to be signed at the base and the name of the city (Puebla) must be stated.