Carol Pecos, Storyteller
Carol Pecos
1934-
Jemez Pueblo
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
12 x 9 x 5 in. (30.5 x 22.9 x 12.7 cm)
Accession Number
2019.35.30.33
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Biography
Carol Pecos was born into Jemez Pueblo in 1934. She learned the traditional art of pottery making from her mother, Louisa F. Toledo and passed her knowledge on to her daughter, Rose Pecos Sun Rhodes. Carol's grandmother, Lupe Madalena Loretto, made clay figures in the 1920's, back when Jemez first tried to restart their pottery making tradition. The family tradition has been passed down daughter to daughter since.
Carol made her first storyteller around 1974 and discovered just how much fun they were for her. In the 1980's she started making storytellers with larger and larger numbers of children on them. In her words: "I am expressing myself as a woman and create what I know about. My mother was a potter. I learned at age 8 by watching her and grew up loving to work with clay. I feel good and energized by what I do. When I go into the clay world I just let go."
https://www.eyesofthepot.com/jemez/carol-pecos.php
Carol made her first storyteller around 1974 and discovered just how much fun they were for her. In the 1980's she started making storytellers with larger and larger numbers of children on them. In her words: "I am expressing myself as a woman and create what I know about. My mother was a potter. I learned at age 8 by watching her and grew up loving to work with clay. I feel good and energized by what I do. When I go into the clay world I just let go."
https://www.eyesofthepot.com/jemez/carol-pecos.php
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