MataOrtizFelixOrtiz

Began making pottery in the 1970's.

Unlike Juan Quesada, who uses a single-coil approach to pottery construction, Felix developed the continuous-coil method. A technique similar to Pueblo potters.

Vessel Forms: Effigies, Jars/Ollas

Design Styles: Polychrome & Matte Black-on-Graphite Black. Geometric and animal motifs.

Pottery Making Relatives:

Brother-in-Law: Salvador Ortiz

Brother: Emeterio Ortiz

Students:

Pilo Mora

Ruben Lozano

Enrique Pedregon

Pati Ortiz

Macario Ortiz

Eduardo "Chevo" Ortiz

Nicolas Ortiz

References:

The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz

By Susan Lowell, Jim Hills, Jorge Quintana Rodrigues,

Walter Parks, & Michael Wisner

1999, Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona

Revised: 12/16/2008

FELIX ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ MATA ORTIZ POTTER


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	Began making pottery in the 1970's. Unlike Juan Quesada, who uses a single-coil approach to pottery construction, Felix developed the continuous-coil method. A technique similar to Pueblo potters. Vessel Forms: Effigies, Jars/Ollas Design Styles: Polychrome & Matte Black-on-Graphite Black. Geometric and animal motifs. Pottery Making Relatives: Brother-in-Law: Salvador Ortiz Brother: Emeterio Ortiz Students: Pilo Mora Ruben Lozano Enrique Pedregon Pati Ortiz Macario Ortiz Eduardo "Chevo" Ortiz Nicolas Ortiz References: The Many Faces of Mata Ortiz By Susan Lowell, Jim Hills, Jorge Quintana Rodrigues, Walter Parks, & Michael Wisner 1999, Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona Revised: 12/16/2008 Copyright: 2008