Black on Black Manuel Quezada

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Manuel Quezada is the nephew of Juan Quezada (who started this artistic revolution) and the oldest son of Consolación. Manuel specializes in finely polished black on black pottery.

This gorgeous black on black pot is approx. 5 1/4" high x 7 3/8" diameter and 23" circumference with a 4" mouth. This piece is signed by the artist.

PROCESS OF MAKING MATA ORTIZ POTTERY

Using ancient techniques and traditional methods, each pottery is individual and unique. Exquisite thin walled pottery from Native Clays (not poured ceramic), each pottery is hand formed without the use of a potter's wheel and stone polished to a beautiful burnish often with luminous finishes. Hand painted geometric motifs with Mimbreno influences are frequently combined with innovative elegance. Paints are naturally occurring pigments formulated from mineral deposits mined locally and applied with handmade brushes consisting of two or three strands of human hair, often that of a child or even a pet. The pottery is pit fired in the old traditional way, one at a time, on the ground, in a fire built of cow dung or cottonwood bark. No kiln is used. The White Clays are collectable because the clay is more difficult to find, to formulate and to fire without 'smoking'. Mezcla Clay (literally mixed up) are two or more colors of clay mixed together to give a marbled effect. The collectable Black on Black finishes are created by firing the pottery twice in a smothered fire deprived of oxygen.

Price: 200.00
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