Acoma polychrome miniature plate with dimensional butterfly and geometric designs; lady bug friend on bottom

Delicate Mimbres fine-line designs grace award-winning Carolyn Concho's hand-gathered and processed Acoma clay and natural pigment pottery. 

• Hand formed 3-dimensional pottery using processed native shale clay. Painted with Iron oxide, mixed with boiled bee weed plant juice , used for temper. White slip strained to clay form applied and burnished with polishing stone. Sand pigments strained to clay form and used for color.

by Carolyn Concho, Acoma