Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver tells a story of cultural

tells a story of cultural significance

while that long

Vázquez combines luminous gold on the head and wing edges with deep purples

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rounded body and an elegantly arched neck

Adrian Corona: Bats Medium Size Mata Ortiz Beaver tells a story of culturalSince 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