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San Antonio Palopo The small hill between the volcanoes, Cerro de Oro, is said to have been the inspiration for the elephant inside the boa constrictor in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry had crashed his plane 10 miles outside of Guatemala City in 1938, and had spent time in Antigua recovering from the accident). - DSC06795
Ian Ivan and Paulina at San Antonio Paolopo - DSC06806
Tyson demands to be taken seriously! - DSC06807
Football match in San Antonio Palopo - DSC06810
Big Generator! - DSC06820
Ian Ivan, Paulina, and Aracely walking up the narrow alleyways of San Antonio Palopo - DSC06832
Eddy, Aracely, Humberto, Ian Ivan, Paulina, and Tyson in San Antonio Palopo - DSC06835
San Antonio Palopo - DSC06838
Market, San Antonio Palopo - DSC06857
We walked through more narrow alleyways to a ceramics fabricator. The place was started by an American named Ken Edwards 25 years ago, and he taught them to use modern techniques for firing and painting (without lead). When he didn't want to be involved anymore, he left the business for the locals, who continued in his tradition. The clay comes from Huehuetenango. It is fashioned via moulds and is fired several times at very high temperatures in the kilns. They are then sanded, painted, glazed, and fired again. - DSC06865
Ceramics manufacturing in San Antonio Palopo - DSC06869
Fire in the kiln at the ceramics manufacturing facility - DSC06872
Painting the ceramics - DSC06873
Paints and glazes - DSC06879
Aracely, Paulina, and Ian Ivan at the ceramics shop on San Antonio Palopo