Talavera Square Tray by Uriarte Talavera Pottery
The design is a very traditional pattern in Talavera. It is called “plumeado”, because it resembles small feathers (or “plumas” in Spanish). Plumeados come in many different interpretations, mostly in cobalt blue, and they were used to fill the spaces between repetitive patterns. Talavera flourished during the Baroque era and designs were filled with different motives and the intention was not to leave blank spaces. The latin expression “horror vacui” describes this art concept as an aversion of empty spaces, “plumeados” were the favorite pattern used in Talavera to decorate and balance the design.
The trays are handpainted using mule hair brushes and our own mineral pigments (cobalt blue in this particular case) elaborated in our 200 year old workshop following the traditional technique.
