Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery San Ramon generous presence

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Eli Ortiz: Black on Black Mata Ortiz Pottery San Ramon generous presenceEli Ortiz keeps the Ortiz tradition alive in black. He is the son of the late Eduardo "Chevo" Ortiz, one of Mata Ortiz's most celebrated potters, and this piece carries that lineage directly. The graphite black on black technique that defines this olla traces back to the Ortiz family itself. Chevo's brother Macario discovered that graphite left on a pot's surface before firing retained its silvery sheen afterward, and what began as an accidental