Quezada, Reynalda

Reynalda Quezada de Lopez learned to make pottery from her brother, Juan Quezada Sr. Early on in her potting career she decided she liked making blackware most and stuck to that for more than 30 years. She often sculpted pieces in the forms of frogs or turtles, sometimes decorating her rims with rings of lizards and snakes.

Reynalda taught her son Samuel Quezada and daughters Olivia and Yolanda how to make pottery, too. Following in her footsteps they also usually make blackware.

Reynalda and her husband, Simon Lopez, live in the Barrio Central area of Mata Ortiz.