San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca

Adelina Pedro Martinez is from San Bartolo Coyotepec, state of Oaxaca Mx. She hand builds figuras de barro negro (black clay figures). Barro negro pottery is a style of pottery from Oaxaca, distinguished by its color sheen and unique designs. It is one of several pottery traditions that hail from the state of Oaxaca.

Barro Negro can trace its origins back to the pre-Spanish era as a traditional craft of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs. Adelina continues this ancestral tradition today in her traditional forms and in her catrinas, mermaids, and birds.