This story was created by #ThisIsTucson in partnership with Tugo Bike Share, celebrating its 2nd anniversary in Tucson with two free weeks. Th…
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- PHOTOS BY RON MEDVESCEK / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Customers and collectors browse as potters paint their pieces during the Mata Ortiz Pottery Show at the National Parks Store in Oro Valley. Th…
- Ron Medvescek
Potter Diego Vallez unveils a pot he has just fired at the Mata Ortiz Pottery Show.
- Ron Medvescek
Sharon Orser of Green Valley examines a piece done by potter Diego Vallez, left, at the Mata Ortiz Pottery Show.
- Ron Medvescek
Hector Gallegos Jr., foreground, and Jorge Quintana paint pots.
- Ron Medvescek
These paintbrushes are made from pens fitted with human hair.
- Ron Medvescek
All the pots in the show are original, handmade pieces from a cross section of Mata Ortiz potters.
- Ron Medvescek Arizona Daily Star
It takes a village to make pottery - specifically, the village of Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico. There, three generations of potters have re…
- PHOTOS BY RON MEDVESCEK / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The exterior of the National Parks Store, 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive, bears the distinctive look of the Southwest's native past.
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