Maria Montoya Martinez and her son, Popovi Da demonstrate how Pueblo Indian Pottery is made using traditional methods. Filmed in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico.
"Maria Martinez, noted indian pottery maker demonstrates the traditional indian ways, beginning with the spreading of sacred corn before clay is gathered. Also shown are the mixing of clay, construction of pottery, hand decorating, and building of the firing mound."
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So excited to find this! I have an old VHS of this that I have loved showing to my ceramics classes, and I just can’t depend on a VHS player anymore! Thanks! Visited and got to meet some of her descendants in San Ildefonso!
Watching this video in 6th grade actually changed my life. The absolute mastery Martinez had and her skill at such an old age made me decide I wanted to master something the way she did. Now almost 20 years later, I know the amount of time, experience and absolute dedication it takes to reach that level and I still have a long way to go. Fountanately, I’ve got another 50 years to get there
Thank you for uploading. I just watched this in my History of American Craft and was enthralled by Maria and her quiet wisdom.
She makes it look easy. I want to try it, I live in New Mexico near the area. Haha, there is no way it is as easy as it looks XD
Thanks for sharing this documentary. My grandmother was a collector of American Indian artifacts and gifted me upon her death a beautiful Maria pot that I treasure.
Beautiful documentary! The method looks primitive, but is actually complex and very precise. I enjoyed this so much, thanks for the upload!
so beautiful 😀 Maria Martinez is our national treasure 💜 amazing artist
My lovely old VHS copy of this documentary is worn out, thank you for uploading it. I use this documentary in my classrooms to teach students methods for hand-built pottery. I want them to see a master artist creating works of beauty. They all gasp in appreciation when the pieces are retrieved from the fire. thanks again.
Sir what is the white paint used for painting paterns
I’ve been showing this video to my class in its original VHS format for the last 10 years. I joke that they can get the sound track on iTunes. I was upset 2 years ago when my district did away with all of the VCR’s we had. So happy to have found this on youtube. Thank you for making it available for everyone. Its an invaluable resource.
I’ve been showing the DVD for years, also. The YouTube version is so much better quality than my ancient copy.
Beautiful movie and wonderful artistry.
What a great, historic film! Thank you for sharing it with us.
I don’t believe I found this! I used to show it to my Middle School students (6,7,8) in the Parkway school district in St. Louis County, MO (Chesterfield, Ballwin, Manchester, etc.) And then to see a comment that seeing this in 6th grade actually changed someone’s life. Wow.
Amazing. I am living in Colombia in Tolima area and ther is two ceramic village where they using similar technic for making black pottery, LA CHAMBA and old women still living at this day and making pot (2018) NATAGAIMA, they just don t paint decoration just black or red polish pottery.
This is just amazing I so wish I had been there to watch this.
shout out to my art teacher for showing me and my class this video in like the 2nd or 3rd grade. by far one of the most satisfying things to watch
I have several of these pieces. I had not much background info on them. amazing
Does anyone know who holds the copyright to the video or who produced this documentary? It is really incredible.
I love how exact everything this woman does is. So beautiful. <3
I remember learning about Maria’s pottery in school too. I think it was high school. But people who say handbuilt pottery is simple haven’t seen this film or Maria’s finished pottery. 💜💜💜💜💜❤❤💜💜💜💜💜❤❤💜💜💜💜💜
Who else is here from ceramics… here for sophomore ceramics 1😊