Trillo, Ana

Ana Trillo de Corona was taught how to make pottery by Elvira Guillen de Escarsega, the wife of Damian Quezada, back in the 1990s. In the early years of her career in Mata Ortiz, Ana usually worked with red clays and created jars and wedding vases, many of which were fired black using the oxygen reduction process. Over the last few years she seems to have moved to working with white and tan clays to make plates and bowls. Ana usually decorates in black (sometimes with some red bits in her design), using Paquimé Revival designs mixed with contemporary elements.

Ana taught her skills to her son, Adrian Corona, and he has gone on to earn the Presidential Award at the annual Concurso National de Ceramica in Tlaquepaque, Mexico.