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Jemez Pottery Storyteller by Marcella Yepa

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
Jemez Pottery Storyteller by Marcella Yepa
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Jemez Pottery Storyteller by Marcella Yepa, measures 4.75''H x 3''W x 3.5''L, Artist Bio: ''She was born into the Jemez Sun Clan on the Jemez Pueblo in 1964. Marcella began working with clay at the age of 19. She was inspired to learn the art of working with clay from her aunt, Alvina Yepa. Alvina shared with Marcella all the fundamentals of hand coiling traditional pottery. She also taught her which hills provided the best clay to work with and special techniques to construct her art. Marcella gathers her clay and other natural pigments within the Jemez Pueblo. The lucrative aspect also inspired Marcella to become an artisan and establishing her own unique style of art gave her a feeling of self worth. Marcella specializes in hand coiled contemporary stone polished redware and tanware melon swirl pots, jars, and wedding vases. Marcella's techniques are traditional. She soaks the clay, grinds it to a powder form, cleans the clay, hand mixes, hand coils, shapes, carves the pottery, polishes her pottery with a stone, and fires her pottery outdoors with cedar chips. She hand coils many shapes and sizes of pottery like wedding vases, ollas, and traditional shapes. A new variation on her usual style is the introduction of mica slip to cover some of her swirl pots. She signs her pottery as: M. Yepa, Jemez, or Marcella Yepa, Jemez.''