Vase

Ceramic artist Gloria Hernandez traces her working origin to Mata Ortiz—a city located in northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Now well-known as being a community that prizes ceramics, Mata Ortiz has an estimated 400 working artists today. Hernandez began making Mata Ortiz pottery in the 1980s, mainly through trial-and-error, and continues to incorporate Mimbres and Casa Grandes influences in her work, as exemplified by this vessel.