the set of six tables, created in collaboration with maison marcoux mexico and the women artisans of los reyes metzontlan, favors the aesthetics and tradition of utilitarian and decorative pieces from gray and white clay, mixed with marble powder and of slate sand by the potters of the mixteca poblana
the extraction of the material from the mines, the production of marble powder and slate are men’s tasks. the mixture of these two materials lasts two months. then, you have to knead these materials by hand, as the tradition of popolca wants, then let them rest for another week.
this collection paleomesas, inspired by the natural setting of the powerful landscape of los reyes metzontlan, is the result of the commitment and enthusiasm of the popolese artisans and interior designer adán garcia cárabes, thus laying the foundations for innovation, a new vision of the tradition of their ancestral work.
