Cristina Ochoa

Category: Ceramics

  • Artificial Paradises: Bad Flowers

    Exposition name: Artificial Paradises: Bad Flowers
    Location: Pedro Cano’s Workshop (QEPD) Milpa Alta, Mexico City
    Type: Sculptures of flowers on vanished ceramics at high temperature
    Dimensions: Variable dimensions between 15 cm by 7 cm to  23 cm by  17 cm
    Producer: Pedro Cano (RIP)
    Date: 2019 – 2020

    Description: Bad Flowers is a ceramic sculpture series featuring flowers, peyotes, and snakes crafted in high-temperature glazed ceramics. Ranging from 15 x 7 cm to 23 x 17 cm, these pieces were produced between 2019 and 2020 at the late Pedro Cano’s workshop in Milpa Alta, Mexico City.

  • Salvia Divinorum

    Exposition name: Salvia Divinorum
    Date: 2019 – 2020
    Collaboration with: Gobelin Mexican Workshop
    Lead: Jaime Ashida
    Master Artisan: Abraham Flores
    Dimensions: 2.40 meters by 2 meters
    Material: Clay, ceramics & glass

    Description: This tapestry, measuring 2.40 by 2 meters, was created between 2019 and 2020 in collaboration with the Gobelinos Mexicanos workshop in Guadalajara, Jalisco, under the direction of Jaime Ashida and woven on a vertical loom by master artisan Abraham Flores. Made entirely of natural wool, the piece is based on an original watercolor painting by myself and represents a collaboration with the studio, blending traditional textile craftsmanship with contemporary artistic expression.

  • Sketches for Cemonial Vases

    Exposition name: Ceremonial Sculptures & Plates (Pharmakon)
    Location: Galeria del Agua Altzayanca. Tlaxcala
    Date: 2021
    Dimensions: Variable
    Material: Clay, ceramics & glass

    Description: Ceremonial Vases to consume sacred plants. Variable dimensions.