His interest in art began young, learning from his father how to make decorative and artistic items with the lost-wax casting methods as well as sculpting in various materials including clay.
[1][4] The studio enjoys a client base that extends throughout Mexico and into various parts of the United States, mostly small gift galleries, as well as FONART and the Museo de Arte Popular.
Today one of his sons manages the business and, as a graduate of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, has worked to modernize both the manufacturing and marketing of the ceramics.
[1] He exhibited in New York in 1966, Tokyo in 1967, the Expo Montreal in Canada in 1968, New World Ceramic Festival in Italy in 1990 and the Franz Mayer Museum in 2002.
However, he produced both traditional and contemporary designs, with the clay coming from the nearby Sierra de Santa Rosa.
His colors and designs were relatively conservative, using mineral paints such as copper oxide for green, antimony for yellow and cobalt for blue, all prepared locally.