Mata Ortiz Tall Day of the Dead Pottery:
Weight - 1 pound
Height - 6 inches
Width - 4.5 inches
A ring stand is included.
The Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated throughout Mexico. November 1st is a wonderful time to visit this nation and marvel at the respect and splendor descendants how to their beloved, deceased ancestors in community cemeteries. It’s a day for the living family and friends to renew their respect and love for their deceased by gathering to pray for and remember them, and participate in their spiritual pilgrimage.
Señor Hilario Quezada Jr. is one of the masters of depicting this holiday in pottery. He has transformed images of the dead into those of living souls, where they experience what we, the living, love. As with all of Artist Quezada's pieces, this pottery is full of imagery. There are dancers, musicians, and even Harley Davidson riders celebrating. The landscape is filled with all types of plants and animals indigenous to the Mexican environment.
For this Mata Ortiz Tall Day of the Dead Pottery, the trees are bare, and it's clear that it's early winter, with birds flying to and fro. Every image is a parade of activity and life. As an homage to his fellow artisans, Señor Hilario Quezada Jr. has placed the names of deceased residents of Mata Ortiz on the headstones. Descanse en Paz (Rest in Peace) engravings, and En Reverdo Eterno (In Eternal Rest), demonstrate the strength of affection and reverence by our Latin cousins toward their deceased loved ones.
As a final effect of his artistic abilities, Señor Quezada Jr. utilizes the style of sgraffito etching, a design method going back thousands of years. This method demands a significant commitment to time and is very difficult to achieve.
The price of this art is based on the dozens of hours and the accumulated years of skill from which this masterpiece was created.