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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3371286, member: 8267&quot;]The artisans of Guaitil have been making pottery since pre-columbian times, and historically have made functional pottery items. The most information I have been able to find on the &quot;Chorotega Revival&quot; is that &quot;the contemporary Chorotega ceramics have evolved over the past decades&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://www.guanacastecostarica.com/Guaitil.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.guanacastecostarica.com/Guaitil.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.guanacastecostarica.com/Guaitil.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are several styles of pottery created in Guaitil, using a variety of techniques. Each one is made individually, though, so it is unlikely that you will find another exactly like yours. If you do a broader search for &quot;Guaitil pottery&quot;, you will find others that include incised decoration such as used on your plate. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for hand built vs. wheel, from the article in the link:</p><p>&quot;Hand throwing a pot is still a simple process with clay being turned manually on a wheel rotating on an axle and built up using the coil method.&quot; It shows the potter using what I would call a turntable, rather than a true potter&#039;s wheel that makes use of centrifugal force.</p><p><br /></p><p>From an article published in 2009:</p><p>&quot;Several artisans have begun to use a pottery wheel over the past decade, said Espinosa, who has set up his Guaitil Pottery Studio (2653-2005, <a href="http://www.tamarindopottery.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tamarindopottery.com/" rel="nofollow">www.tamarindopottery.com</a>) in the nearby beach community of Tamarindo. The wheel represents a more efficient change from the entirely hand-thrown process once used exclusively.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://ticotimes.net/2009/04/03/guaitil-pottery-preserves-indigenous-techniques" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ticotimes.net/2009/04/03/guaitil-pottery-preserves-indigenous-techniques" rel="nofollow">https://ticotimes.net/2009/04/03/guaitil-pottery-preserves-indigenous-techniques</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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