Born in 1928, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Jorge Wilmot is considered one of the premier ceramicist of Mexico, credited with "bringing high fired stoneware to Mexico". He studied art, first at the Academy of San Carlos, then in Europe in Paris, Sweden and Switzerland. Wilmot was responsible for establishing a ceramic school in Tonala, fostering high fire techniques and also founded Museo de Nacional de la Ceramics in Tonala. He worked to modernize ceramics, keeping the Mexican motifs intact but also blending the styles from other cultures as well as glaze techniques, for instance Chinese celadon and blue shades.
His own work is a combination of Mexican florals, birds, two headed eagles, lions and suns but emphasizing simplicity in a Chinese style, rather than the more Mexican Baroque style.
Wilmot's influence can be observed all over Mexico in the ceramics now being produced.
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