{"title":"Ventura Hernandez Benitez Ceramicist","description":"In Zinapécuaro, J. Ventura Hernández Benítez remains solidly committed to his ceramic business as he has been for 40 years. \u003cbr\u003eThe workshop's rustic brick walls held up a corrugated metal roof beneath which his creations seemed to gestate in the heat. Homemade plaster molds and their offspring - pots, vases and pitchers that required weeks of labor - lay about the shop in the hypnotic chaos of a true artisan.","products":[{"product_id":"ceramic-clay-vase-w-glyphs-master-potter-ventura-hernandez-benitz","title":"Clay Vase w Glyphs Master Potter Ventura Hernandez Benitez #12","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Potter J. Ventura Hernandez Benitz Large Ceramic Vase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight- 13\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth- 9\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpening- 9\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis amazing vase is an example of Ventura's great work. The vase, which should be used for decor only, show Pre-Hispanic glyphs found on Mexican pyramids.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis beautiful vase is hand painted with natural colors (minerals and flowers). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVentura has hand painted and excised the areas around the glyphs . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVentura has hand burnished the vase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"J Ventura Hernadez Benitez Workshop\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1117\/1358\/files\/2017-08-03_18.09.36_medium.jpg?v=1503791358\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"J Ventura Hernandez Benitez with Wandering Gypsy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1117\/1358\/files\/2017-08-03_18.23.28_medium.jpg?v=1503791373\" width=\"133\" height=\"177\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe workshop's rustic brick walls held up a corrugated metal roof beneath which his creations seemed to gestate in the heat. 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