A Legacy of Two Voices
In this Master Artisans edition, Fernando Jimón and María Elena López reinterpret the visual language of barro bandera, a traditional Tonalá technique named for the green, white, and red tones of the Mexican flag. The decanters do not use the technique itself, but translate its spirit into a contemporary dialogue across three pieces, uniting tradition and imagination in a shared visual composition.
The Story
Master Artisans
In Mexico, artisanship is a living legacy, a language through which history, technique, and imagination are transformed into tangible beauty. Each piece shaped by masterful hands bears witness to a cultural lineage that transcends time.
Our Master Artisans collection celebrates the most exquisite expressions of Mexican folk art through collaborations with the country’s most esteemed artisans, guardians of ancestral practices who reveal the soul of our culture through their work.
The Artisans
The Jimón-López Family
Fernando Jimón and María Elena López are leading exponents of the ceramic traditions of Tonalá, Jalisco. As a couple, they transform ancestral techniques like barro bandera and barro bruñido into a dialogue of two sensibilities, balancing individual expression with collective craft.
Jimón, heir to a distinguished pottery lineage spanning generations, began painting ceramics at an early age. López, also from a family of artisans, refined her voice through collaboration with her husband, developing a distinctive floral language. Together, they preserve and renew the living tradition of Tonalá ceramics.
Barro bandera
Practiced by the artisans behind this edition and serving as inspiration for their creations, barro bandera is a traditional pottery style from Tonalá, Jalisco, named for its green, white, and red tones echoing the Mexican flag. Its imagery spans geometric frets and scenes of daily life, alongside local flora and fauna. Though of extraordinary aesthetic richness, it has become increasingly rare and is now at risk of disappearing.
Tequila
Curated by Master Distiller Viridiana Tinoco, this extra añejo tequila of eight and a half years was first aged in American whiskey casks and then finished in Tuscan red wine casks.
Curated by Master Distiller Viridiana Tinoco, this extra añejo tequila of eight and a half years was first aged in American whiskey casks and then finished in fortified wine casks from Bombarral, Portugal.
Curated by Master Distiller Viridiana Tinoco, this extra añejo tequila of eight and a half years was first aged in American whiskey casks and then finished in casks of premier Grand Cru Classé red wine from Bordeaux.
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Decanter
On this green decanter, Jimón, using ivory white, portrays his characteristic nahuales with feline and mustachioed appearances as a type of expressive self-portrait. Similarly, the fine daisies and brown floral buttons that surround the nahuales reflect the pictorial lexicon of the López family.
This piece pays homage to the inspiration behind the Jimón family’s artistic legacy: a deep sense of Mexican pride. Against a white background, a majestic eagle painted in garnet red stretches its wings.
López’s distinctive brushstrokes adorn the base with a stylized arrangement of tricolor flowers, while a human-like sun on the reverse alludes to the founding myths of Tonalá.
This piece draws on the moon’s significance for Jimón, who as a child was encouraged by his great-grandfather to find a rabbit’s silhouette within its surface. Against a red canvas, Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent, wraps around the form, while the rabbit’s ascent to the moon is depicted on the reverse. The scene is enriched by López’s exuberant floral and vegetal motifs.
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