Joseph Cerno is known for his large coil-built vessels.  He would also make pieces with his wife, Barbara.  The seedpot is coil-built with a wide shoulder and flat top.  The design is a striking variation of historic Acoma pottery with a flower in the center and three Acoma birds and plants painted around top of the piece.  All the various colors are from natural clay slips and the black is bee-weed. The jar is one of their more complex patterns that flow across the surface of the piece.  There is an indented bottom, which again harkens back to the Acoma pottery of the late 1800s. The seedpot is signed on the bottom “Barbara and Joseph Cerno”.  It is from 2011 and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is certainly a wonderful contemporary Acoma vessel with a dramatic use of revivalist designs and techniques.