PERLA VALTIERRA

Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, Perla Valtierra is the founder and designer of the brand since its conception in 2010. Led by Perla´s creative vision, the brand produces high-end, handcrafted ceramics in Mexico. The brand comprises two workshops located in the Bajío area and of a team of 20 artisans and creatives.

With an international scope for profiling the best-handcrafted goods, Valtierra has trained and lived in Paris, Kyoto, and Brussels. Perhaps nothing defines her better than being an aesthete. An eternal explorer of objects, craft, and diverse cultures, she behaves as an alchemist who mixes clays and experiments with different glaze techniques.

Valtierra sometimes describes herself as a ceramist apprentice, more than a designer. She has practiced traditional pottery in various communities of Mexico, among them in Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and Oaxaca. The need to explore other techniques and cultures also has led her to extend her practice and research in Japan, Belgium, and France. Today, she continues experimenting in Mexico City where she resides.

For Ark Kollekt #07 Perla Valtierra comprises six exceptionally crafted Xalli glass vessels using a sand casting technique.

“In my work it is fundamental to use handmade production techniques, which gives to each piece a distinctive stamp and makes them unique. We explored with an ancient sand casting technique that was used in Egypt to make mass production glass pieces. The interesting thing about this process is the imprint that the sand leaves on the glass, it is a memory of the gesture on the object.”
- Perla Valtierra