Ceramic Art Sculpture Lion in Egg Hatching Mexico

Vintage large Tonala Mexican Stretching Cat Ceramic and Brass Folk Art Figurine. Vintage handcrafted Tonala pottery cat with brass overlay in Sergi0 Bustamante style. Muted colors in...

Art Deco Bronze Elephant Sculpture Italy. Impressive bronze Art Deco sculpture of an elephant in dark green cast bronze on brown marble base. Elephant with raised trunk on marble bas...

Vintage Large Hatching Fish Egg Sculpture Figuring, Nine Colorful Fish Figuring Sticking out of an Egg with Cracks by the Artist Sergio Bustamente, c...

"As a Mexican and Oaxacan, but more as Omar, I see death as something present. It´s something that is a part of life and when you think about death, you begin to value a lot of things. Death is important to me because it’s a constant threat. If you think about dying now, you would probably do things that in another moment you would say, “I’ll do it later.” I see death as an opportunity to live a better life...a continuation of something," says Mexican ceramist Omar Hernández. Omar Hernandez is a Mexican ceramist born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico. As a child, growing up in a family of potters he didn't have much interest in making pottery, but in his early 20's he realized he could do other things with clay that weren't necessarily utilitarian pieces. It was then that Omar started his skull...