First breakfast in San Miguel de Allende. The start of my winter work cycle with sun, avacadoes and the occasional nap #ozarkwabiinthesunandfarfarawayfromtrumpholes
This is my friend and ceramic artist, Florencia Califano, at the salt flats today. She is the one who has made this little adventure of mine possible in el Norte de Argentina, This has been a remarkable week for sure and it would not have happened without her help. Thank you so much! A very good ceramic artist, world traveler, and has been very kind to this old fart.#madpotteroftheozarks
A panoramic view of the mountains that encircle the the salt flat lakes. Coca tea really helps with the altitude. #mulberrycreekpottery #ozarkwabi #lifeintheandes
This is how the indigenous groups here manage the salt flats. No mining for lithium. They gather salt and other minerals and sell it as feed supplement for animals. Surrounded my a volcanic mountain range -15 to 16,000 ft. The flats, after rain, form these pentagram patterns across the whole salt flat lake. As you can see from the sign they are not into lithium mining. An amazing experience, but the altitude wasted me for the rest of the day. I am bringing some samples home to experiment with. #madpotteroftheozarks #quasiwabi #ozarkwabi
Lithium salt flats This is not ice, it is part of a system lithium salt flats lakes in northern Argentina. Around 13,000 ft. This is our quide making sure we don’t go off track. Sunny, cold, and for me not enough oxygen #quasiwabi
A pit firing in the traditional manner here in northern Argentina, Ticara. Using a combination of llama, horse and cow dung and using local wild clay. 3 hour firing. @quasiwabi #ozarkwabi
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Art has this teapot in their permanent collection and occasionally it get put out in the gallery to be seen. Louise was visiting there today and there it was. 1993 woodfired salt fired. #ozarkwabi #quasiwabi #woodfiredstglazedceramics
