Adrian Corona

Mata Ortiz

Adrian Corona is a potter living and working in the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. He seems to like creating his designs using the sgraffito method on slips of various colors covering a white body pot.

Born in 1987, Adrian learned to make pottery from his mother, Ana Trillo, beginning when he was 15. They still sometimes collaborate.

Adrian earned a First Place ribbon at the 2010 Concorso Nacional de la Ceramica in Tlaquepaque, Mexico. He also earned a First Place ribbon that year for New Design. A couple years later he earned the Presidente award at Tlaquepaque.

Since 2017 most of Adrian's work has revolved around bats, sgraffito black bats in a nature motif on a white clay body. The design is his and it's worked out very well for him.

Since earning a few more ribbons at the Annual Tlaquepaque Concurso, Adrian has been traveling the world, demonstrating his techniques and learning new ones. He passes through Santa Fe regularly, last time I saw him I even got to meet his mom (great people, very down to Earth). He told me a lot of his inspiration comes from Egyptian and Mayan artwork. With all the competition in Mata Ortiz, he's been pushed to find a niche that works for him. The bat designs have done that nicely and he's been developing different versions of it to branch into.

Adrian Corona | Adrian 2
Learning Path
Sgraffito wildlife design on a black on tan jar
Black on tan jar decorated with a sgraffito wildlife design
6.5 in H by 6.5 in Dia
Sgraffito Day of the Dead motif on a black and white jar
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito Day of the Dead motif
7.5 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Sgraffito Day of the Dead motif on a black and white jar
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito Day of the Dead motif
7.75 in H by 6.25 in Dia Measurement includes stand
Black and white vase with a sgraffito nature and desert wildlife motif Sgraffito desert wildlife and nature motif on a black and white vase
7.75 in H by 5 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Black and white jar with a sgraffito Night of the Dead motif
Black on white jar decorated with a sgraffito Night of the Dead design
6.5 in H by 6.25 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif on a red and white jar
Red and white jar decorated with a sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif
12.25 in H by 9.5 in Dia
Sgraffito Day of the Dead motif on a black and white jar
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito Day of the Dead motif
7.75 in H by 6.5 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Black and white jar with a sgraffito bat and vegetation motif
Sgraffito bat and vegetation motif on a black and white jar
12 in H by 11 in Dia
Black and white jar with a sgraffito Day of the Dead motif
Black on white jar decorated with a sgraffito Day of the Dead design
6.5 in H by 6 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif on a red and white jar
Red and white jar decorated with a sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif
4.75 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Sgraffito hummingbird, branch and flower design on a black and white jar
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito hummingbird, branch and flower design
17.25 in H by 11.75 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Black and white jar with a sgraffito desert nature and wildlife motif
Sgraffito desert nature and wildlife motif on a black and white jar
4.25 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Black and white jar with a sgraffito desert wildlife and nature motif
Black on white jar decorated with a sgraffito desert nature and wildlife design
5.75 in H by 6 in Dia
Measurement includes stand
Sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif on a black and white jar with a terrace-cut opening
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito wildlife and desert nature motif under a terrace-cut opening
10 in H by 10.25 in Dia
Sgraffito Night of the Dead design on a black and white jar
Black and white jar decorated with a sgraffito Night of the Dead design
10 in H by 6.75 in Dia
Black and white jar with a sgraffito desert nature and wildlife motif
Sgraffito desert nature and wildlife motif on a black and white jar
4.5 in H by 4.5 in Dia
Adrian Corona | Adrian 2

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