The workshop

In the middle of Mexico, in a semi-arid landscape dotted with cactus, our workshop is active. For a decade, a small group of sculptor craftsmen has been shaping the Obsidian. Their skillful hands dompe the raw, rough rock, both hard and sharp, to form homogeneous objects on the surface perfectly smooth. Each of their creations is unique.

How many evenings have we spent with them discussing the stones and their passion for the profession!

How many times have we been admired in front of a high bill! We are happy to be able to allow these men to live worthy of their art.

Obsidian is a volcanic rock, rich in silica, born from the vitrification of the magma. Working such a matter is a real challenge and requires a know-how that Mexicans master like no other people. The technique and its secrets passed from generation to generation, century to century.

In the pre-Columbian era, the Aztecs used the sculpted Obsidian, both in daily life and in performing religious rituals.

Still today, it retains a sacred dimension in Mexican skin. In lithotherapy, the Obsidian, a stone of anchorage and spiritual awakening, is also considered one of the most powerful energy protections.

Throughout the ten years of the workshop’s existence, we have worked to improve ourselves to offer an ever more successful quality in the European market.

However, the rock is capricious. And in the mines of Mexico, the raw obsidian of good quality is becoming increasingly rare.

Invisible at the beginning, defects appear as the sculptor casts the stone or at the polishing stage. These include ash, stains or crystalline irregularities.

The losses are thus considerable. For example, three kilos of well selected raw rock are necessary to achieve a polished sphere of about one kilo.

The craftsmen usually say that if they have bad thoughts when they cut the stone, a defect will necessarily appear.