Elizabeth Medina

Elizabeth Toya Medina (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 1956, Jemez Pueblo ) ma'aikaciyar tukwane ce a Pueblo . Ta auri ƙabilar Zia a shekarar 1978 kuma, kamar yadda aka saba, ta sami izinin ƙabila don amfani da zane-zanen Zia a cikin aikinta. Tukwanenta na farko suna cikin salon Jemez. A wasu lokutan ta yi aiki tare da surukarta, Sofia Medina, wacce ta ambata a matsayin abin wahayi gare ta. 

An san Medina sosai saboda aikinta. An nuna ta a cikin wallafe-wallafe da yawa (ciki har da New Mexico Magazine, Agusta 1994:36, da SWAIA Quarterly Fall 1982:10), gidajen tarihi (Native American Collections in Denver, CO; Adobe Gallery da Agape Gallery a Albuquerque, NM), da gidajen tarihi (Wright Collection, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ). Ta sami kyaututtuka da yawa daga 1984 zuwa yanzu. [1]

 Salon tukwane da dabara 
Medina ta shahara musamman saboda kyawawan furanninta na polychrome olla da kwalba, tare da zane mai launin kirim da launin ruwan kasa wanda surukarta ma ke amfani da shi, da kuma zane mai launin ja da ruwan lemu.  Kayan da ta fi so sun haɗa da roadrunners, robins, bishiyoyin berry, furanni, gajimare na ruwan sama, bakan gizo, ƙyanƙyashewar layin fineline, da murfin kunkuru.  A wasu lokutan tana samar da tukwane marasa tsari ga mijinta Marcellus don ya yi zane da zane-zanen masu rawa na Zia. 

Tana amfani da haɗin tumaki da taki na shanu don kunna tukwanenta. Domin samun launin fari maimakon shuɗi, taki dole ne ya bushe gaba ɗaya. Hanya ɗaya ta kare tukwane daga ƙuraje shine ta hanyar sake amfani da abubuwan yau da kullun kamar tsoffin maɓuɓɓugan ruwa da na'urorin shaye-shaye na mota. [ <span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2024)">ana buƙatar bayani</span> ] 

Tukwanen Zia na musamman ne domin an daidaita su da basalt, wani dutse mai tauri na aman wuta. An san Medina da binne dutsen a cikin yashi na tsawon shekara guda domin ya yi laushi don niƙa shi. 

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Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1956