Octavio Andrew, Mata Ortiz seed jar
Octavio Andrew
1970-
Mata Ortiz
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 6 in. (7 x 14.6 x 15.2 cm)
Accession Number
2016.35.30.93
Credit
Gift of John W. Brinley
Biography
Octavio is well-known for his black on black ollas. Octavio was taught by Reynaldo Quezada and has been creating blackware for almost 20 years.
Octavio lives across the street from Consolacion. In 1990, he was twenty, and had been making pots for about one and one half years. Reynaldo, Juan's youngest brother, was his teacher.
http://www.mataortiz.com/mata/octavioandrew.htm
Parks, Walter P.; The miracle of Mata Ortiz: Juan Quezada and the potters of northern Chihuahua, Coulter Press, Riverside, 1993: 128.
https://www.eyesofthepot.com/mata-ortiz/octavio-andrew.php
Octavio lives across the street from Consolacion. In 1990, he was twenty, and had been making pots for about one and one half years. Reynaldo, Juan's youngest brother, was his teacher.
http://www.mataortiz.com/mata/octavioandrew.htm
Parks, Walter P.; The miracle of Mata Ortiz: Juan Quezada and the potters of northern Chihuahua, Coulter Press, Riverside, 1993: 128.
https://www.eyesofthepot.com/mata-ortiz/octavio-andrew.php
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Octavio Andrew
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