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Pottery Techniques of Maria Martinez

A first-hand record of Maria Martinez and her family making traditional pottery of the San Ildefonso Pueblo (New Mexico). Pots are built up from the raw clay, all the way though polishing ('burnishing'), decorating, and firing. Produced at the Idyllwild School of Music and The Arts, in collaboration with Susan Peterson.

Film by Stuart Roe, made in late 1970s. (Maria died in 1980).

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