This is the room where Mrs. Chinana shapes clay into pottery. On her worktable are several pieces in their infancy. Already shaped by hand. Mrs. Chinana tells me she'll call me when it's time for soft clay to meet hot oven once again. I'm so busy right now.
Easter is a very busy time for sales.
Mrs. Chinana shows me a large bowl of volcanic ash. A rock that will be diluted in water. A strikingly red clay already mixing with water. And a Hefty bag containing a large mound of another type of clay. All of these resources, she explains, are gathered on Jemez Pueblo land.