When I grew up Santa Fe was a small bohemian community. My mother was a painter and restaurant proprietor.
My career as a potter began by making a few bowls for the kitchen. Now, almost 50 years later, I still follow clay.
Maria and Adam Martinez & Michael Cardew
San Ildefonso, NM
Canyon Road Workshop 1968
1966-77 The Pot Shop 942 Canyon Road.
My production pottery shop produced original one of a kind dinnerware, lamps, and large planters. All wheel thrown, fired to cone 10 in homemade kilns.
1978 I moved to Galisteo and began to explore using wild clays and unrefined pigments that I dug by hand from the historic clay quarry nearby.
2009 Using native clays and minerals to make large murals and sculptures. Hosting workshops and private leasons based on local wild clays @ studio and quarry.
1980 – present
Nedra Matteucci Fenn Galleries
Santa Fe, NM 505-982-4631
1978 – present
Priscilla Hoback Studio
Galisteo, NM 505-466-2255