Wonderful olla by Grand Prize Award winning potter Diego Valles.   Diego won the Galardon, the most important award of this year's Annual Concurso de Ceramica 2009.   This  January he was awarded Best of Show in the biannual International Ceramic competition in Minneapolis. There were more than 210 studio potters from North and Central America that participated in this competition!

Diego Valles is arguably the most  exciting artist of Mata Ortiz pottery today. As you can see by this wonderful work of art, he is taking  Mata Ortiz pottery to a new level, that off Contemporary Art.  Using traditional elements such as  the shape of an olla and classic lacelike Mata Ortiz painting, he is creating new forms full of expressiveness and simplicity. 

This beautiful olla has such an elegant form. To complement the beauty of this piece Diego etched stone burnished and painted it very delicately.

7" Tall   18" Circumference

Pottery ring included