Aguilar family (Oaxacan potters)

The Aguilar family are clay-making artisans from Ocotlán de Morelos, a rural town in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The town's clay production included only utilitarian items until Isaura Alcántara Díaz and her husband, Jesús Aguilar Revilla, expanded their wares into decorative figures and religious items. The couple passed their craft down to their daughters Guillermina, Josefina, Irene, and Concepción, who have continued to innovate their own styles and techniques around subject matters related to the life and traditions in Oaxaca as well as iconic Mexican figures. The family craft and artistic recognition lives on through the children and grandchildren of these four women.