Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery mata ortiz This joyful patchwork dog by

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

it has huge

as if it’s gliding just above the ground

Striking one-piece rattlesnake by artist Mario Castellanos

Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery mata ortiz This joyful patchwork dog byEli 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