Mata Ortiz Pottery Petite Southwest Colors:
Weight - 6 ounces
Width - 4.25 inches
Height - 1.75 inches
Señor Señor Oscar Quezada is the creator of this piece of Mata Ortiz celebration. Señor Quezadas organic skills are exhibited in his recreation of the ancient Paquime imagery of his ancestors. This piece is low in profile and wide, affording a large canvas for displaying this beautiful folk art. The underlying glaze is black. This provides the groundwork for showing off the bold and beautiful colors of the rainbow. The gold, blue, turquoise and green are bright and cheerful. All the designs represent Señor Quezadas interpretation of his ancient ancestors designs merged with a contemporary style. Considerable time and skill was put into creating this one of a kind pottery.
Señor Quezadas creations are formed from materials retrieved from the natural resources provided by the surrounding environment of the Village of Mata Ortiz
Señor Quezadas signature is on the bottom. A pottery ring is included for this Mata Ortiz Pottery Petite Southwest Colors.
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Mata Ortiz is legendary, both the village and the pottery taking its name. In the 70's a young man began experimenting with recreating ancient pottery he would come across. He used the same clay sand mixtures from materials found in the area in which the ancients lived and made their pottery. The same firing techniques using the same local materials eventually created the same magnificent results. Half a century later and much of the village of Mata Ortiz has taken on these incredible skills for creating masterpieces, with each artist contributing hers and his own sense of beauty.
The designs are bold, earthy and individualistic.
Paint brushes consisting of one or two human hairs create the finest lines. Images revealed through carvings are created by nearly microscopic sharpened points. Paints are developed from minerals found in the surrounding desert. Many colors are only revealed after intense firing at very high temperatures. These creations are truly unique transformations that only this small little region of the world can create from it's own soil.
I have been tangentially around Mata Ortiz for 30 years. Now I am spiritually bound by their overwhelming beauty and intense and intricate designs. When I look at one of the pieces, I feel I am meeting in person the artists who created this, and am visiting their home.
I operate out of Tucson, Arizona, one of the largest crossroads for the trading of Latin American goods.