Double Pattern Rebecca Lucario Acoma Pottery
Rebecca Lucario is recognized as one of the finest Acoma potters working today. Her pottery is thin and graceful and her designs are flawlessly executed. She is a consistent winner at Indian Market.
Rebecca Lucario was born into the Yellow Corn Clan at Acoma. She learned traditional pottery-making techniques from her maternal grandmother, Delores S. Sanchez (ca.1902-1991). "My grandmother let me play with the clay they used to plaster their adobe house," Lucario says. "We made little animal figures and pinch pots with red clay. I still have two pots that I made at the age of eight. One is a flower plate; the other a vase with lines. She never let us play with her clay, because clay is very sacred."
Rebecca was featured in Native People's Magazine in an article by Greg Schaaf, entitled "Art from the Earth - Four Master Potters." He writes, "While Lucario was originally noted for traditional Acoma-style pottery, she experimented with Mimbres Revival-style pottery featuring pictorial animal and insect designs, and she is now best known for finely detailed optical "eyedazzler" patterns.
Rebecca is known for her fine symmetry and detailed yucca brush painting on pottery of all sizes. This is a large plate and an exquisite example of her work containing not one but two of the patterns she has made famous. It measures 7 inches in diameter in by 1/2 inches in diameter.
Item No.: A1515
Artist: Rebecca Lucario
Size: 1/2 in H x 7 in D
Price: 1,580
