Mata Ortiz Pottery ~ Casa Grande Pottery

Villages of Mata Ortiz & Casa Grande

Pueblo Pottery Maine presents pottery by artists from the villages of Mata Ortiz and Casa Grande including Nicolas Ortiz, Goyia Silveira, Boni Mora, Nancy Martinez, Paty Ortiz, Aracely Nunz, Lacera Lopez, Paty Rodriguez, Enrique Pendragon, Oscar Quezada, Lila Silvaria, Alvaro Quesada, Jesus Martinez, Cristina Acosta, Hilario Quesada, and Ismael Flores.

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Martin Olivas is from Mata Ortiz. He is considered a seasoned potter known for his wedding vases which are hallmarked by a very deep gun metal black finish, excellent and dramatic shape plus superb black on black graphics. His vases are very collectible and make a beautiful gift or a fine addition to your collection.

The vase at top, left, measures 7 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $195 ~ Item #WV521

The Martin Olivas wedding vase at right, bottom, measures 7 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. Your price $195 ~ Item #WV522

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Paty Rodriguez is a Mata Ortiz potter who creates some absolutely wonderful black-on-black pottery that has that glass-like quality to it which is acquired by firing the pottery at 1000 to 1500°F. That is the time is when the clay begins to melt and turn glass-like. These pieces have precise, articulate design patterns and perfect shape.

We sell a large number of wedding vases every year and have decided to add these beauties to our inventory feeling confident that such fine quality would make it welcome anywhere beauty is appreciated.

The top vase at left measures 6 inches tall by 4.25 inches wide and is perfect. Item #WV520 ~ Your price $160.

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Nancy Martinez is a potter of considerable talent as is evident by this excellent piece. Again we apologize for not having a biography on this wonderful artist but the sources for information on the potters of Mata ortiz and Casa grande are very limited and language barriers can also enter into gathering the information.

The pot at right measures 6.5 inches tall by 4 inches wide.It features a turtle, lizard, quail and rabbit. Very well done, pure colors and graphics like all of her work. Your price $160 ~ Item #MO111.

The pot at left, bottom also features rabbit, quail, turtle and lizard. It measures 5.25 inches tall by 4 inches wide with the same superb shape, solid colors and finely executed graphics. Your price $130 ~ Item #MO112

Fortunately this is a visual art, not a literary one, so the value of these pieces is clearly before you - superb detail, solid colors, wonderful shape - a gem in any language. Nancy may well be related to Luis Martinez who also makes mostly white pots of Mimbres style design.

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