Daisy Ramirez: Seed Pot Mata Ortiz horse figure ears wide open

ears wide open

drawing the eye to the dove’s calm and watchful gaze

incorporating woven tassels and accents into her bold and expressive sculptures

5''Long    3''Wide

Cindy has painted a flight of butterflies in soft

Daisy Ramirez: Seed Pot Mata Ortiz horse figure ears wide openThe Mata Ortiz seed pot sits low and round, the kind of form that looks simple until you see what is on it. Daisy Ramirez, a Mata Ortiz potter from Chihuahua, has covered the entire upper dome in a dense, continuous field of tiny geometric marks triangles, spirals, zigzags, step frets each one individually incised by hand through a red slip to reveal the cream clay beneath. No pattern repeats in quite the same way twice. Fine teal lines divide the