Santa Clara Pueblo Small Pot Black Pottery By Myra Sisnares

Late 20th Century

2" H x 2.5" D

Black on Black Clay and Glossy Polished Finish with Matte Finish in a Drip like Pattern Around Rim

Excellent Condition

Myra Sisneros is a contemporary Santa Clara Pueblo potter who learned the craft from family elders, drawing on the pueblo's deep pottery heritage. She specializes in black-on-black pieces, often featuring subtle etched or carved designs that reveal the underlying red clay for contrast. Her work emphasizes traditional hand-coiling, stone-polishing, and outdoor reduction firing (where limited oxygen creates the black color).

Santa Clara Pueblo is renowned for its hand-coiled, reduction-fired blackware, a tradition dating back centuries that produces the signature glossy black finish. Myra Sisneros is a respected potter from this community, part of the extended Tafoya family lineage known for innovative carving and polishing techniques.