Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver Pre-Columbian fretwork bands adorn this

Pre-Columbian fretwork bands adorn this stunning tall olla crafted by renowned Mata Ortiz artist Enrique Pedregon

they express the eternal duality and harmony that guide Huichol spirituality

a body of rich purple and hot pink

fierce blue-rimmed eyes

rounded body and an elegantly arched neck

Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver Pre-Columbian fretwork bands adorn thisSince 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