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This book features the work of husband and wife master potters Sabino Villalba and Veronica Silveira whose commitment to making traditional hand built pre-Hispanic style pottery with classical Casas Grandes designs places them into an unprecedented and unique category among the potters in the village of Mata Ortiz. 

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  • INVOKING THE ANCESTORSby Ana Livingston Paddock & Carlotta BoettcherActivate Overview (below) for more information on this book. BUY BOOK
  • The following images are selected pages from the book.
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Veronica Silveira and Sabino Villalba in their pottery studio in Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • {quote}Their work provides a powerful link to the Ancients. If we love traditional Southwest pottery, we are excited about the connection their work provides to the historyof this classical pottery.{quote}
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  • {quote}Sabino, who learned pottery from his father, Andres Villalba and from the illustrious Emeterio Ortiz, tells us that before his father died in 2001, he told Sabino to remain faithful to the Paquime -Casas Grandes tradition, and that the polychrome pottery should remain the family’s signature style.{quote}
  • {quote}Sabino’s wife Veronica, who was born in 1966 in the tiny village of Llano de los Cristianos, located in the mountains above Mata Ortiz, began to work in clay when she was 10 years old, learning from her mother.{quote}
  • {quote}Today, Veronica and Sabino work as a team, Veronica forms, sands and polishes the pots which they then both paint.{quote}
  • {quote}They are shy and humble people of few words and they are monastic in their devotion to producing this fine pottery, replicas of the ancient ceremonial vessels produced by Paquime artisans and used by their spiritual leaders centuries ago.{quote}
  • {quote}Looking at their pottery, we feel their uncompromising loyalty to channeling the Paquime spirits and maintaining the ancient Casas Grandes pottery style alive.{quote}
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • {quote}They work tirelessly and with total dedication and are transparent about the fact that their work invokes the original pottery of their ancestors.{quote}
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
  • Verónica Silveira & Sabino Villalba
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