Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver covered in fine pre-Columbian geometric

covered in fine pre-Columbian geometric patterning

This striking Mata Ortiz olla by Tavo Silveira combines bold architecture-inspired design with exquisite fine-line painting

they express the eternal duality and harmony that guide Huichol spirituality

with smooth curves and flowing shape

Vázquez combines luminous gold on the head and wing edges with deep purples

Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver covered in fine pre-Columbian geometricSince 2017, Adrian Corona Trillo has made bats his signature subject, and this piece shows why that choice has held up. The form is a wide, perfectly rounded olla, hand built in the Mata Ortiz tradition of Chihuahua, which Adrian learned from his mother, Ana Trillo. Everything here is done without a wheel, a kiln, or commercial tools, a tradition revived in the 1970s from the ruins of ancient Casas Grandes pottery. The bat carries deep roots in