Corona, Adrian

Adrian Corona was born into the village of Mata Ortiz in northern Mexico in February 1987. He learned how to make pottery from his mother, Ana Trillo. He began learning when he was about 15 years old. In 2010 he earned a First Prize ribbon at the Concorso National de la Ceramica in Tlaquepaque, Mexico. He also earned a First Prize ribbon that year for “New Design.”

Adrian loves to travel and says he’s gotten a lot of his inspiration from Egypt and from the Mayas. He works on all sizes of pots but his favorite designs include birds and animals. A lot of his work since 2017 has included sgraffito black bats in a nature motif.

As with most potters we asked Adrian about how long it takes him to complete a pot. He said it depends on the size but on average, it usually takes him about 10 days to finish a large piece.