Large Zia Pottery Olla, Elizabeth Medina
Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery: Pre 1980: Item # 1304702
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ARTIST PROFILE: Elizabeth Toya Medina was born at Jemez Pueblo and was a potter there until she married Marcellius Medina of Zia Pueblo in 1978, of the well known Medina family of potters. Her new mother-in-law, Sofia Medina, is credited with teaching her the traditional processes of making Zia pottery. Elizabeth has consistently won awards since the early 80's at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, the New Mexico State Fair, and the Colorado Indian Market at Denver. Her work is represented in many of the Southwest's premier galleries and featured in many publications including Berger & Schiffer's "Pueblo & Navajo Contemporary Pottery", Rick Dillingham's "Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery", Hayes & Blom's "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni", and Peaster's "Pueblo Pottery Families" to name a few sources. According to Gregory Schaaf's Southern Pueblo Pottery Artist Biographies, "Elizabeth is respected for her ability to create pottery ollas with the most beautiful and graceful of forms. Her sense of balance and esthetics give her pots a special feeling of harmony....... (her) work is recognized as being among the best in contemporary pueblo pottery."