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Melissa Talachy Romero

Melissa Romero

Obsession

TRIBAL AFFILIATION:
Pueblo of Pojoaque

CLASSIFICATION:

BOOTH NUMBER:
LIN E 739

MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE:
I use traditional Pueblo pottery materials and techniques: indigenous clay, indigenous slips, coil and scraping to form the pot, and pit firing. The pottery forms I create are based on historic Ohkay Owingeh classic vessels. The images and design motifs are pop-like commentary to express my voice as a Pueblo woman.