Maria Martinez - Bianca Caione

 

Maria Martinez was well known for her black on black pottery. She learned how to make pots from her Aunt since she was a child. She would smother a cool fire with dried cow manure to trap the smoke and then use a special paint on top. This process would turn a red clay pot into a black pot. She made all the pottery, but her husband was the one who painted all of it. After her husband passed away, her sons and her daughter-in-law helped her to continue her pottery work.