Nena Quezada, Mata Ortiz jar

Maria Elena Quezada de Lujan, "Nena" is the first of Juan Quezada's eight children. She begain making little pots and little whimsical figures with which she had good success. In spite of the responsibilities of tiny children, she concentrated on her work and in the early 1990s improved dramatically. Her work reflects the styles of her father and brother Noe. In 1993 she moved to a small community near Janos, Called Panedo Villa.

Parks, Walter P.; The miracle of Mata Ortiz: Juan Quezada and the potters of northern Chihuahua, Coulter Press, Riverside, 1993: 136.