Desert Speaks

Clay Artists Of Mata Ortiz

Meet Juan Quezada. Forty years ago, he looked around his small Mexican village and found some exquisite pots made thousands of years ago. He developed his own techniques for creating similar works of art from the area's natural bounty of clay and paints . It was the launch of an artistic and economic revolution: He began t o share his skills with everybody in the town. Now, people from all ov er the world pay big dollars for the pots, and the once poverty-strick en village of Mata Ortiz prospers.