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Elizabeth Medina
Zia Pueblo
Elizabeth Medina
Elizabeth Pino Medina was born Elizabeth Toya at Jemez Pueblo in 1956, daughter of Mary S. Tafoya and sister of Bertina Tosa. She grew up in a family of potters and learned the Jemez way of making pottery, then she married Marcellus Medina in 1978 and moved to his home at Zia Pueblo.
The Zia Elders gave her permission to make pottery in the Zia style and her mother-in-law, Sofia Medina, taught her the proper methods for doing that. She often works with her husband, Marcellus.
Born into a family of Zia potters in 1954, Marcellus is a self-taught painter and these days, Elizabeth often makes the pot while Marcellus paints the design.
Since the early 1980s, Marcellus and Elizabeth have earned awards at Santa Fe Indian Market, Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show, the New Mexico State Fair and the Colorado Indian Market in Denver.
By Elizabeth
Polychrome pot with traditional and contemporary designs
3.25 in H by 2.75 in Dia
Polychrome pot with traditional designs
Polychrome pot with traditional designs
8 in H by 9.75 in Dia
Polychrome pot with traditional designs
6.75 in H by 7.75 in Dia
Polychrome pot with bird, rainbow and geometric designs
8 in H by 8.5 in Dia
Polychrome pot with geometric designs
9 in H by 8.75 in Dia
Polychrome jar with eagle, dancer, sun-face katsina and geometric design
10.5 in H by 10.75 in Dia
Polychrome jar with moth, floral and geometric design
10.25 in H by 10 in Dia
Polychrome jar with geometric design
8.5 in H by 8.5 in Dia
Polychrome jar with bird, cloud, rainbow and geometric design
6.75 in H by 7.75 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with a cloud, floral and geometric design
11.25 in H by 11.25 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with a roadrunner, rainbow and geometric design
11.75 in H by 12.5 in Dia
Polychromne jar decorated with a roadrunner, rainbow, rain cloud and geometric design
10.5 in H by 11.75 in Dia
Polychrome jar decorated with a medallion, bird, rainbow, flower and geometric design
10.25 in H by 11 in Dia
8.25 in H by 10.5 in Dia
15.25 in H by 15.5 in Dia