Utilización de la cerámica como medio para representar los personajes culturales del cantón Cañar

Abstract

The present work is related to the recovery and use of ceramics as a means of artistic representation, for which a general study of all the existing cultures of Ecuador, which performed different types of ceramic works, was carried out. Taking as a main theme the Culture of Cañar in order to have a clear approach to the techniques and practices they applied. As well as, some national and international artists were taken into consideration to have as a reference and develop a new proposal within the contemporary world and in this way go looking for new ideas that allow to evolve the techniques already known within ceramics. On the other hand, Cañar has a cultural wealth narrated from the origins of the Taitas that have been transmitted since generations and which is currently unnoticed; Myths, legends and characters are part of the historical identity of the City of Cañar, that is where the author's importance was born to illustrate through contemporary iconography, using Jatumpamba vessels as support, reinterpreting in them his techniques and polychromies. Resulting in an artistic proposal where all the research and the lessons learned by the potters of San Miguel de Porotos are visualized, who provided their knowledge in order to link them and result in the final work.