Sandra Lorena Arras

Mata Ortiz

Sandra Lorena Arras is a third-generation potter from Mata Ortiz. She grew up with pottery being made all around her. It was only natural that she would get in the flow. That said, I don't think she makes her own pots. I think she buys them pre-made and dried from one of the other families in town who primarily make pots that way for sale to other artists. A lot of Mata Ortiz potters do that. She seems to focus on contemporary sgraffito-and-painted designs of birds, butterflies, branches, vines, leaves, flowers...