Ilene Greene & George Kernan on fri 9 jan 98
I will be travelling to Costa Rica next month and am interested in
visiting potteries there. Have any clayarters been there and know of
any potteries or any crafts centers? Appreciate your help in advance.
ilene.george@montrose.net
Kathleen Garfield on tue 13 jan 98
My daughter lived in Costa Rica for four years and I visited her
frequently. Though I am not a potter, I was producing a film on the
history of ceramic art in the U.S. for most of the four years my
daughter was in Costa Rica. Since I have also collected ceramic art for
several years I was interested in seeing pottery by local artisans and I
found my way to a pottery just outside the capitol city of San Jose. It
is run by the sister-in-law of the President of Costa Rica and her work
is charming and naive. Some of her work is thrown and some, I am sure,
is slip-cast but it is her decorating that makes the work so popular. I
brought many of the pieces home with me over the years because she does
not ship the work outside C.R. because the mailing situation there is
risky to say the least.
Her name is Cecilia and her pottery is located at her home. The pottery
is open to visitors but you would need to call ahead to make sure she
would be there when you want to visit. I don't know if you've received
other replies to your inquiry but I would think that Cecilia could tell
you if there are other interesting potteries to visit in C.R. But be
warned, it is very difficult to find your way around in San Jose and the
roads are terrible there and all over the country. Costa Ricans are
very nice people and the countryside is beautiful. I have just put in a
call to my duaghter for Cecilia's last name (I can't remember it even
though it is the same as the President's!!!!!!!!!) and for directions to
the studio. Please let me know if you want the information when I
receive it from my daughter. I will be happy to e-mail it to you.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Garfield queensrow@earthlink.net
Troy Setiawan on tue 13 apr 99
I'll be going to Costa Rica and will be traveling in San Jose,
Monteverde and the volcano arenal area. I would like to know which
museum in San Jose has most clay stuff, also if the indian villages are
worth visiting.
I can broaden the area if there are any must-sees.
Thanks,
Maureen Leong
Joan & Tom Woodward on sun 19 aug 01
Hi Diane,
Can't believe I can't find my Costa Rica maps and info, but I may have
ditched them in my move last year. Anyway, I think the place you want to go
to is Guatil. it's in Guanacaste (sp?) and is the only place I found where
there was a whole community of potters. Wonderful stuff. If you email me
directly, I can give you more info about getting there, etc., and a
reference to a friend who is an anthropology prof studying a little village
in the area which is re-establishing itself as a pottery center.
Joan
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John Palmquist on sun 19 aug 01
Hi,
My husband and I are planning a trip to Costa Rica in January. We =
are looking for good local craft/art. Of course pottery would be the =
greatest! I understand that wood and leather products are readily =
available . Anyone have any info about this and galleries? We are =
planning to be on the Pacific Coast north and south for three nights =
each. thanks for any help.
Diane
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan & Tom Woodward"
To:
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 05:13
Subject: Re: Costa Rica
> Hi Diane,
>
> Can't believe I can't find my Costa Rica maps and info, but I may have
> ditched them in my move last year. Anyway, I think the place you want to
go
> to is Guatil. it's in Guanacaste (sp?) and is the only place I found
where
> there was a whole community of potters. Wonderful stuff. If you email
me
> directly, I can give you more info about getting there, etc., and a
> reference to a friend who is an anthropology prof studying a little
village
> in the area which is re-establishing itself as a pottery center.
>
> Joan
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Joan & Tom Woodward on mon 20 aug 01
Hi All,
Can't believe I can't find my Costa Rica maps and info, but I may have
ditched them in my move last year. Anyway, I think the place Diane =
wants to go
to is Guatil. it's in Guanacaste and is the only place I found where
there was a whole community of potters. Wonderful stuff. If you email =
me
directly, I can give you more info about getting there, etc., and a
reference to a friend who is an anthropology prof studying a little =
village
in the area which is re-establishing itself as a pottery center.
Joan (setting up the new studio in Grand Junction!)
John Palmquist on tue 21 aug 01
Thanks Joan this sounds very interesting. I didn't look at the map to
see if this area will be close to where we are planning to stay but it will
certainly be good to know. My husband will be going out on a few charter
fishing trips and this might fill the bill for me if it works out. Do you
know what kind of firing they do there? I am assuming that it will be low
fire terracotta/pit. I am getting excited about it already!
thanks for the help.
Diane
dlpots@snet.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan & Tom Woodward"
To:
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: costa rica
Hi All,
Can't believe I can't find my Costa Rica maps and info, but I may have
ditched them in my move last year. Anyway, I think the place Diane wants to
go
to is Guatil. it's in Guanacaste and is the only place I found where
there was a whole community of potters. Wonderful stuff. If you email me
directly, I can give you more info about getting there, etc., and a
reference to a friend who is an anthropology prof studying a little village
in the area which is re-establishing itself as a pottery center.
Joan (setting up the new studio in Grand Junction!)
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Susan Fox-Hirschmann on sun 10 oct 04
Hi Clay Buds
I am planning a trip to Costa Rica, and eager to hear about any suggestions
any of you might have for clay/art/other adventures.
Thanks!
Sincerely
Susan
Susan Fox Hirschmann
Art Pottery
please visit http://www.silverhawk.com/ex99/hirschmann
Steve Slatin on sun 10 oct 04
Susan --
First the disclaimer -- I haven't been there since
1987, and things might have changed greatly.
The National Theater downtown is a fun spot, so if
there's a concert while you're there, be sure to take
it in. The Gold museum is small, but worth a trip.
The volcanoes are simply outstanding, and visiting
Irazu is very highly recommended (parts of the
surrounding park are like a visit to the moon or
something equally strange) and is readily accessible
as a day trip from downtown San Jose. Arenal is also
excellent; it's up near Monte Verde, which is a neat
place and from which there's a day walk (not even
a serious hike) that'll get you to a spot from which,
if you're lucky and the weather is clear in both
directions, you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific
from a single spot. Poas, also near San Jose, is a
bit less interesting than these two, but if you're a
volcano junkie, is certainly worth the trip.
There's a really interesting preserve/park/research
station called La Selva, and one called Palo Verde.
They're both neat places to visit. There's a
similarly interesting park called Tortuguera on
the Atlantic coast, but it was almost painfully
humid every time I visited. (Maybe just bad luck.)
If you like orchids, there's a place called Lankester
Gardens that has one of the world's largest
collections.
If you like the beach, I'd recommend Manuel Antonio,
though when I visited there wasn't an acceptable hotel
anywhere near.
Growth and modernization have taken a lot of historic
San Jose away, but Cartagena and Heredia are still
largely colonial area in parts.
It's a neat country. Probably the only thing I really
disliked about it while I was there was the
'gallo pinto' -- a ubiquitous dish of beans and rice,
cooked to the point of being dry and often flavorless.
Enjoy your trip! -- Steve S
--- Susan Fox-Hirschmann
wrote:
> Hi Clay Buds
> I am planning a trip to Costa Rica, and eager to
> hear about any suggestions
> any of you might have for clay/art/other adventures.
> Thanks!
> Sincerely
> Susan
=====
Steve Slatin -- Lies told, whiskey hauled, widows tended.
Sequim, Washington, USA
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Alisa Rosseter on wed 13 oct 04
Hi,
My husband and I went to Costa Rica last September (2003). We spent (3)
weeks there. We went mostly to surf though. We spent 2 weeks on the
Nicoya Pennisula, stayed in Mal Pais at a great place called Tropico
Latino...it was wonderful!!!! Right on the beach, great cabinas...highly
recommended. You have to take the ferry over to Nicoya Pennisula (but
cars are allowed). We then went South on the mainland to Dominical, that
was nice but a little more built up. We stil had fun though. We did stay
a couple nights at Manuel Antonio National Park, highly highly
recommended.
I took ceramic classes here in Los Angeles at Santa Monica college and my
instructor was Frank Phillips. He owns a hotel in Costa Rica, down in the
Oso Pennisula. He does ceramic workshops too....here's the webpage for
him and links to his place in Costa Rica
http://homepage.smc.edu/phillips_franklyn/
All I can say is Costa Rica was unbelievable. We didn't hit the
volcanos...too busy trying to get to the great surf. We went in
September, rainy season, but didn't get tons of rain. Saw monkeys,
sloths, birds, butterflies, parrots, etc... great vacation. Have a
wonderful time. I do have pictures on ofoto.com, if your interested in
seeing them let me know and I'll send you the link.
Alisa
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