Debra Duwyenie is well known for her wonderful miniatures and incised designs. Each piece is stone polished, and then it is etched before it is fired! This seedpot has ten quail, hummingbirds, butterflies, flowers, and a few tiny rabbits, etched into the clay at the shoulder of the bowl. Above them is an avanyu and near the rim are etched feathers.  Note how the center of each flower and the wing of most of the quail is matte! This is achieved by etching away just the surface of the polished slip, but not deep enough to reach the tan-colored clay.  The lower half of the seedpot is fully polished a deep red.  There is a lot going on for such a small piece!  Debra also pays close attention to the little details like the tan background area and how evenly she etches the vertical lines.  The lid is made by her husband Preston.  It is case from cuttlefish bone and cast in silver.  It has the same “shifting sand” style pattern as the back of the one turtle and it is cut into the shape of a quail. The bottom of the lid is stamped with Preston’s hallmark and the seedpot with signed with both their names.