Hopi Pottery : Isleta Polychrome Pottery Jar with Hopi Design by Stella Teller #271-Sold

Hopi Pottery 271, Description: Poly chrome Isleta Pueblo Pottery Jar signed "Stella Teller Isleta N.Mex" with Hopi Design Dimensions: 2 & 7/8 in. tall x 3 & 3/4 in. diameter. Condition: Very good given the age of the piece. Stella Teller has a long career of making storyteller figurines and has consistently won prizes for them since she made her first one in 1978, the same year Adobe Gallery opened its doors in Albuquerque. Her great-grandmother, Marcellina Jojola, her grandmother, Emeklia Lente Carpio, and her mother, Felicita Jojola, were all potters. Stella Teller began working in clay at the age of eight, helping her mother slip and polish small pots. She is now a fulltime potter creating figurines and pottery in her studio at Isleta Pueblo. Her pottery is distinguished from traditional Isleta Polychrome wares by its distinctive colors, which she says are all natural. The light gray, which has become her trademark, is produced by mixing white clay with manganese. She was o