Procedure


       Teacher it prepares mud with its hands it stops that it serves as base for the figure of “God Nasca”

       

       Using, a ground base, like mold, it is raising the walls of the Huaco with its hands; without aid of winch like at the present time. ( gentile, used word it stops denominate old the Peruvians), they made his bases of mud, wood or of stone, as half can be appreciated of an original base in it pulls. The same base that the teacher uses is original.

       After happening of to 5 3 minutes the exposed piece to the sun, so that the mud of ceramio becomes hardened the future, it perforates in the superior part it stops to put to him the tips. gentile they used bones of animals and/or wood in order to make its tools.

       When bringing it of the sun it puts to him two tips to the huaco in such a way that be symmetrically located.

       Now we see the huaco with its two tips, finishing to him of to put his roast-bridge, the separation of tips it differs of ceramics Tiahuanaco by separation among them and therefore roast-bridge is longer

 

       The teacher it leaves smooth the huaco, polishing last the small protuberances that it could have; the gentile ones used to make their tools bones of animals or wood.

       [[La]] painting is the plus delicate, so with brush artisan fact with baby hair, already that of wool they scatter its filaments when they dunk and, it would not be possible to be painted with hair of adult because they are very heavy. It is painting first colors, that later it will delineate. The Paintings are of oxide of minerals. Here the Masterful one paints the God Nasca, representative of this millenarian culture.

 

       Here we see Mr. Andrés Calle Flores, after to have horneado the ceramics, removing it of the artisan furnace after twelve hours of duration in the horneado one. The horneado one takes control of coal of huarango getting to be reached of 500 to 600 degrees Celsius and one begins in afternoon of the day previous until the morning of the following day.

 

       In the exhibition hall: Situated in Av. San Carlos, Passage Torrico 240 Nasca - Ica - Peru, Telf. 056 - 522319, it is prepared to put it, next to two of its pieces and to those of its seven children that also they have inherited east art.

        Don Andrés, puts in the table starts off of its production and with that diligent and deep glance communicates to us that in order to arrive a this perfection they happened 66 years of its life. (to the 2007). Perhaps it is possible to be found another ceramics in any other part, but never like of the Teacher.

       It does not lose its time and its customary hands to this art they slip on another piece of ceramics. Even though of its 90 years of age (Photo taken in that time), dot like the best one, and in its short whiles of leisure it read the newspaper without lenses.

       

Huaco already painted one polishes with stones of Song Rolled or with Stones Obsidians greasing FAT of face or hair of the person, and later ceramio rubs with these stones, producing the fat a brightness very special; thus it enters the furnace to stick close to, when leaving the huaco or ceramio of furnace will remain with this brightness and color that will not erase.

Also time occurs stops to distribute its knowledge to one of its daughters: Mirtha Maria Benavides Street it is only of the four daughters of the marriage of Don Andrés Flores street with Emilia Benavides Ricci, that it does EVERYTHING THE COMPLETE PROCESS from choosing and preparing the mud, to make the huaco, to polish it, to paint it and to hornear it. It records her pieces with its initials MCB (Mirtha Calle Benavides) and in the exhibition they appear in the labels with initials TM

Mirtha Limehim Benavides
Email: mirthacalle@hotmail.es
Telephone: 052-576481
Cellular: 052-9673941


 

       

          In 1996, one named him “SON FAVORITE OF NASCA”. The 24/07/98 Andrés Street Flowers, it received with honors “Medal of Silver of the Municipality of Nasca and “Plate of Silver” of “Address Regional of Industry Tourism and integration” and INC.”, of hands of the Public prosecutor of the Nation Blanca Nélida Colán naming it: “Great Regional teacher of the Crafts” en 1999, “Gold medal” granted by the Municipality, in the 2000 “Medal of the Municipality ", and it has other recognitions and decorations of other Institutions like the one of Ayacucho and Chanchamayo among others, and the title is being managed him of “Great Amauta teacher ". Being restaurador of several museums like: Museum of Nasca, Ica, File, and of several individuals, among others. At the moment with 94 years of age (to the 2008) it is the glory of his earth to the height of the German: VICTORY “MARIA REICHE” GROSSE NEUMAN “ LADY OF PAMPAS ", student of the lines and drawings of NasCA- Ica-Peru.

By: Luis Blacker Ballero

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