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SWAIA ARTIST Profile

M. Janice Ortiz

Name
M. Janice Ortiz
Tribe
Pueblo of Cochiti
Juried Classification(s)
Pottery
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
LIN W 745
SFIM24
LIN W 745
WIM25
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2025 Best of Show Awards

First Place
Iib. Category 603 - Painted Polychrome, Any Form, In The Style Of Cochiti, Santo Domingo, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe, San Juan, Or Pojoaque in Pottery
Second Place
Honorable Mentions
N/A
Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
M. Janice Ortiz

The materials used are natural traditional clay and slips.  The paint used is made from wild spinach. The techniques used are coiled and pinched. The firing used is the outdoor traditional firing.  After firing,  egg white is used to seal the paint