Lucy Lewis - Bianca Caione

 

Lucy Lewis was a Native American potter from New Mexico. She is well known for her black-on-white ceramics that were made using traditional techniques. She learned pottery as a young child from her great aunt and other Acoma Pueblo women. Her pottery became known in 1950 when she received a blue ribbon at the Annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in New Mexico. She continued receiving awards through the 1980's and 1990's from the American Crafts Council, the College Art Association, the state of New Mexico, and the Honolulu Academy of Fine Arts. She continued pottery into her 80's and some of her daughters and grandchildren also did pottery. 

I chose this piece because I like the shape of it as well as the design.