Mata Ortiz Pottery Hector Gallegos Matte Black Plate Sgraffito Mexican Fine Art

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FANTASTIC MATTE BLACK CLAY SGRAFFITO PLATE WITH NATURAL IRON OXIDE PANT AND RED OBSIDIAN STONE MATA ORTIZ POTTERY BY THE MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING SECOND-GENERATION MASTER POTTER HECTOR GALLEGOS JR BEST OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN MATA ORTIZ! ELEGANT HIGH-QUALITY WORK IN A MORE UNIQUE PLATE FORM! Hector Gallegos Jr is one of the finest of the second generation of potters in Mata Ortiz and has won so many awards that it is hard to mention them all! His work is highly sought after for its quality and intricacy, and for how very unique it is. This plate is a fine example of Hector’s newer finely detailed sgraffito pieces with detailed and exacting band works designs. Clean and modern! The intricate etched band designs perfectly accent the surface of the piece and are so perfectly distributed that one can readily see that Hector is a true artist! Hector is always coming up with something new and unique these days! We just love this piece with the addition of the natural red obsidian stone! This plate is done in the more unusual matte black clay, that takes on a deep chocolate brown tone once fired, and then painted with natural iron oxide paint. It is a great departure from Hector’s white clay work. Gorgeous contemporary work that pays homage to the art form’s traditional origin. Hector and his wife Laura Bugarini won the first-place award at the 2009. Concurso de Ceramica in Mata Ortiz (the annual juried art show) in the category of Miniatures. They won 1st place again in 2011 in the category of Sgraffito with another collaboration piece. They won Best in Show Galardon in 2012 for their collaboration work!! Then followed it up in 2013 with the Excellencia Award, or the top prize among all previous Best in Show Award winners! In 2014 Hector took home first place in the Mata Ortiz Concurso in his category. Also in 2014, Hector won second prize at the Mexican National Masters of Mexican Folk Art awards. Hector again took home the Excellence Award at the Mata Ortiz Concurso in 2016, but this time all on his own with a piece in his new style. Hector continues to win multiple awards in this new style all the time! Amazingly detailed work! Hector learned pottery from his parents, Master Potters Hector and Graciela Gallegos, but specializes in the sgraffito style where the paint is built up in layers, and then basically finely and slowly scratched, to reveal the color of the level below. He is a master at this technique, and one of the best in Mata Ortiz. It is so finely done that you would barely know by touching it. The visual appeal and extra layer of texture are truly eye catching! Best of the best! The piece is signed by the artist. Total Approximate Measurements: 7 1/2″ high x 7 3/8″ wide x 1 1/4 deep (23 3/8″ circumference) Hand made without even the use of a potter’s wheel! Done in the traditional style of Mata Ortiz, with hand forming the piece out of clay that has been dug from the local countryside. The clay is sifted to remove the impurities, making the clay pliable and easier to work with than the standard clay that we find in art supply shops in the US. The artist starts with a flat pancake of clay that is placed inside a shallow bowl like vessel, then adds a single coil of clay. This is why you will see that the bottom of the pieces are traditionally conical or rounded in shape, and a pottery display ring is traditionally used for stability in display. They pinch the walls upward to form the pot, while scooping out the clay from within, and thinning the walls from the outside at the same time. Larger pieces will include a second coil added at the top. Mata Ortiz pottery is known for how thin walled and light weight it is, which makes it quite difficult to hand build without collapsing along the way. The piece will then dry for several days, before sanding the walls to get the walls. The surface of the pot is protected with a thin layer of oil, beforehand polishing the surface with an agate stone. Then the piece is painted with natural paint using a homemade brush crafted of long strands of human hair. A low temperature firing is the last step. Although there are some electric kilns in town these days, traditionally the pottery is fired on the ground using local wood similar to cottonwood. If it is a colored pot, the firing area is elevated on bricks to allow air to circulate during the firing, the pot is placed on a tripod or grate, covered with a clay or metal vessel, wood is stacked around the outer vessel and then ignited. Once the wood burns down, then the firing has been completed. If a black pot was desired, then sawdust or cow dung would be spread on the ground inside of the outer vessel and dirt would be used to seal the edges of the outer vessel, so that oxygen does not flow into the firing. Any actual color of clay could be used, and the pot would still turn black. The artist wanted the colors to remain on this piece, so oxygen was allowed to flow during the firing. One in every four or five pots break in a traditional firing. It is definitely a labor of love! While there are about four more rustic electric kilns now in use in town for low temperature firings, black pottery for one must be fired in the traditional manner. Since there are probably not enough kilns for the whole population in town, you will still find traditional firings happening to this day. A Master Potter must be versed in every aspect of Mata Ortiz pottery, including a traditional firing. While we miss the prevalant smell of smoke as we enter town these days, it has definitely been a blessing for the environment and the local tree supply. Mata Ortiz pottery is a low temperature firing, regardless of the manner that the artist choses to fire with, so the pottery is not meant to hold water like a high temperature fired ceramic vase could. Mata Ortiz pottery is a awe inspiring art form, with a beautiful traditional history behind it! There is nothing better to us than seeing these traditions continue for generations to come!

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