Pachita Villagómez painting a fish design on a large platter, before glazing; July 8, 1966.
Loza blanca, as made by Natividad [Peña] and her mother Doña Andrea [Medina], is from an esthetic standpoint the most satisfying ware made in Tzintzuntzan. . . . After firing, designs are painted on with a dog's-hair brush, using the standard black glaze mixture as paint. Nati is a true "primitive," as can be seen from her representations of men and women, of fishing scenes in the lake, of mother pigs suckling their young, or of cows, burros, horses, and birds. After a batch has been painted each dish is dipped in the red glaze, actually a cream color in this stage, which obscures the design. After firing, the glaze becomes transparent and the design shows through (1948)
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