MATA ORTIZ POTTERY - LUPE SOTO - GALLERY QUALITY Start Price USD 149.99 Current Price USD 149.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 249.99 Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 Location Santa Fe, NM See more about 'MATA ORTIZ POTTERY - LUPE SOTO - GALLERY QUALITY ' Description Mata Ortiz pottery comes from the small village of Mata Ortiz, located near Nuevos Casas Grandes in northern Chihuahua, Mexico.  The movement started over 25 years ago by Juan Quezada, who, inspired by the prehistoric shards he found in the mountains surrounding his home, developed a labor intensive process to refine the Mimbres traditions and drawings he found and was inpired by.  Today, almost every family in the village is involved in pottery and family members from their earliest years are involved in the process of forming the clay, firing the pot and painting the exquisite graphics and designs.  Mata Ortiz is the result of one man whose hard work and creativity inspired an entire town and created a new art form. *Signed by Lupe Soto Place a Bid!