Mata Ortiz Pottery is all hand made clay pots, hand fired, hand painted, hand sealed and personally sold in the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. To deal with the artists directly you must make the trip to this central Mexican city approximately 4.5 hours south of El Paso Texas. Mata Ortiz pottery is a recreation of the Mogollon pottery found in and around the archeological site of Casas Grandes (Paquimé) in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Named after the modern town of Mata Ortiz, which is near the archeological site, the style was propagated by Juan Quezada Celado. See the many listings on the internet for more information on this wonderful collection. Every creation is an original one of a kind.
