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Talavera Tile Project

Grade 8  - 2012 -2013

Teachers: Senora Ware, Mrs. Farina, Mrs. Krause           Assistants: Mr. Kalla & Mr. John McCorristin. 

Our Step by Step Process Week 1 - Students decide on color schemes and design ideas for tiles. Week 2 - Students work on paper versions of the talavera tiles. Week 3 - 4 - Students focus on what color combinations and designs look best on the tiles. Week 5 - Students remeasure the area for the border tiles. They start to create the border tiles. Week 6 - Class creates test tiles, to see how much it will shrink. Play Pause

Talavera is a type of majolica earthenware, distinguished by its white base glaze. Authentic Talavera pottery only comes from the city of Puebla, Mexico and the communities of Atlixco, Cholula and Tecali. Talavera is the most outstanding of Mexico's pottery traditions. The process that we used to create Talavera tiles will be introduced and explained in this slideshow. 

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