Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery mata ortiz and then painted it in

and then painted it in a flowing composition of bold

curved tail give it the elegant posture of a feline that knows it rules the room

the same year Quezada received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes

Several Saint Benedict medals hang from the garment

This joyful patchwork dog by Oscar Carrillo looks ready to wag its tail straight into a fiesta

Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery mata ortiz and then painted it inEli Ortiz keeps the Ortiz tradition alive in black. He is the son of the late Eduardo "Chevo" Ortiz, one of Mata Ortiz's most celebrated potters, and this piece carries that lineage directly. The graphite black on black technique that defines this olla traces back to the Ortiz family itself. Chevo's brother Macario discovered that graphite left on a pot's surface before firing retained its silvery sheen afterward, and what began as an accidental