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In the powerful sunlight
that floods into his personal workshop, Pablo, with a sander in hands
is finishing up the polishing stage of one of his works, while five
of his dogs, lulled by the placid working environment of the studio,
are stretched out asleep on the floor. Watching this scene, it is
easy to understand why 18 years ago Pablo and his wife Marilú decided
to leave the noisy city of Cuzco and settle in the peaceful Urubamba
Valley countryside. |
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Pablo and Marilú live in the town of Urubamba,
in the Sacred
Valley of the Incas, where they are dedicated to sculpting the
red clay found in the valley.
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Their house-cum-workshop on Berriozaval Street
has become a center of learning for the workers who make up the
workshop, mostly locals who are part of the intensely creative dynamics
directed by the couple.
"At times we don't speak our in our name,
but rather on the behalf of the workshop. The people who work here
have a space to create," Marilú says. "They have developed
different working levels: some of them paint, others decorate, some
put together the pieces, others prepare the clay - each of them
brings his skills into play. They form a single body".
In addition, the home of the Seminarios is more than just a
pottery factory. Today, it is also a carpentry and a jeweler's workshop,
a place for research and creativity.
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Pablo Seminario concentrates on
making large-format works of art, "great plates", as he calls
them, at his personal workshop, where he has his own space for creating.
The images that emerge here are the result of the patient work of
following the tradition of pre-Colombian pottery, an ambitious task
which got underway 20 years ago and which he continues to develop
together with his wife Marilú. |
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