Eli Navarrete is a second generation master potter from Mata Ortiz.  He learned from his uncle, Macario Ortiz, and in the late 1990's he perfected the application of multi-colors using commercial mineral paints. Eli is a master of design, and by studying any of his pieces one is astounded by the detail and surprise the more one looks at a pot: his work is a marvel of complexity. Eli tells us that today his colored paints are made from natural minerals that he digs and prepares himself from the surrounding hills near his home in Casas Grandes, as well as minerals he digs from old mines near Chihuahua City where he lived for a period of time.