#that black on black texture man
saw a pic of a maria martinez vase on the dash and had to physically hold myself back from reblogging it to tell everyone abt her burnishing technique
that’s not even glaze do you understand that’s not glaze that’s burnished slip!! she was just that fucking good!! some of the most beautiful pottery on earth imho
Martinez is from San Ildefonso Pueblo in northern New Mexico.
Artist Maria Martinez shown with physicist Enrico Fermi, winter 1945.
Tewa name: Po-Ve-Ka (Water Lily)