Things made with fire
From Lucban we went to Tiaong to visit the showroom and workshop of the renowned ceramics artist Ugu Bigyan.
Ugu’s workshop produces beautiful dinnerware and decorative pieces. You see them in fine hotels and restaurants.
They don’t have a retail outlet in Metro Manila so if you want to see the assortment of dishes, cups, wind chimes, etc available you have to go to Tiaong. Make it a day trip; you can arrange for lunch to be served in the garden.
While my companions went crazy over the houseware I wandered into one of the Balinese-style huts and found. . .accessories! Wire and stone jewelry designed by Ugu’s nephew, Kim Palacol.
They’re weird, they’re me.
We also took a tour of the potter’s house. Look, Noel: terra cotta tiles.
This is the very organized workshop where the ceramics are fired.
And these are the family dogs, Mini Pinschers. I also noticed a lot of motorcycles.
Ugu Bigyan’s pottery shop is in Lusacan, Tiaong, Quezon. Telephone (042)545.9144; email ugubigyan@yahoo.com.
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May 17th, 2010 at 10:40
Thanks for the idea! Terra cotta tiles would work great in my kitchen when I finally have it redone.
May 17th, 2010 at 23:07
Wuh-wait… Ugu Bigyan has Min-Pins? Awesome.
I’ve only been there once; we didn’t make a reservation, so no lunch for us there. But I would LOVE to take a full tour of that workshop, though, if only so I can geek out on the various glazes and firing techniques used for all that gorgeous pottery.