We started our day with breakfast at our host's house. We had bread, jam, manjar (similar to caramel), tea, and coffee. Our hosts introduced the history of Pomaire and then took us across town to the house of a typical Pomaire artist. They showed us how they dig up the soil and turn it into usable clay then they demonstrated how to make bowls and goblets on the pottery wheel.
After the demonstration I got to try to make a goblet. It was definitely a lot harder then the artists made it look! My goblet came out all right-but with a lot of help from the maestro!
After trying the pottery wheel we went to another house that specialized in clay figures. The lady who lived there showed us how to make frogs, turtles, and pigs. Here are our attempts at making frogs and turtles.
We went back to the host's house for lunch and ate empanadas and cazuela (a Chilean soup). I had been told about Pomaire's pastel de choclo and kilo empanadas so I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to eat them! After lunch we had some time to walk along main street and look at all of the ceramics that were for sale.
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