Production process for crafts in CLAY.

Life for the residents' of San Juan Oriente here in Nicaragua; rotates around the combination of the family activities and artistic works made of clay.
* The clay is milled to be strained with fine "mayas", to eliminate stones that later on damage the fineness of the craft, to this powder is added beach sand and it dilutes to than be beaten by the artisans' hands and to obtain a consistent mass.

* The clay converted into mass passes to the hands of the turner who finishes kneading it to give it forms.

* Subsequently, the piece is left outdoors for an hour and than is returned to the lathe to give form to the base and its waxed in layers with intervals of half hour each, until arriving at seven stops later on to stay in a plastic bag for three day for its drying.

* To continue to form the figures with it, the Pre-Columbian theme continues to be the most wanted in the products decoration, although other thematic are made as the free and geometric creation developed later on.

* The painting comes consecutively with colors that they are obtained from the combination of oxides with the waxing to give a real appearance to the drawing of the piece, or it can be soaked

* Later the piece is waxed to be able to obtain a flat surface, before burning the piece in the oven of mud it has to dry off, according to the time of the year; in summer they can be three days, while in winter it is needed five days or more.

You can also decorate the main room of your house with craft with Pre-Columbian designs as jaguars, tripods, foxes, wall plates, pots, vases, but if of combining it tries they are these designs in free and geometric creations: spinning tops, cylinders, vases, chandeliers, bottles, vessels and to shine in the body you lessons varieties of garments as: earrings, necklaces, bracelets.