Cindy Perez: Etched Butterflies Mata Ortiz Saint Anthony and red flicker throughout the

and red flicker throughout the warm gold background

artist and wife of Noe Quezada

and tiny dots

is decorated with dozens of milagros

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Cindy Perez: Etched Butterflies Mata Ortiz Saint Anthony and red flicker throughout theDelicate butterfly olla by Mata Ortiz artist Cindy Perez. The form is beautifully rounded and full, hand built and hand polished to a soft finish . Cindy's signature shape, generous and serene, which she completes with a crocheted pottery ring, so the piece rests securely and elegantly. The decoration combines two techniques: a dense field of fine red sgraffito cross hatching covers much of the vessel, and over it, Cindy has painted a flight of