Rondina Huma has certainly been one of the most influential Hopi potters working today.  Since her two-time “Best of Show” award at Santa Fe Indian Market, her tight style and intricately painted pottery has changed the face of contemporary Hopi pottery.   Each piece is coil built, fully stone polished and painted with native clays and bee-weed (black), and native fired.  This piece was originally purchased in the 1990s.  The neck of the jar has a cloud and rain pattern above a red polished band.  Around the shoulder is her famous shard designs.  The squares are a bit larger than in her later work, but there is still a striking flow of the pattern.   The red clay is polished while the black (bee weed) is painted onto the burnished surface.  Amazingly, the inside of the bowl is fully polished!  Rondina said she would usually try and make the opening large enough for her to reach in and polish the interior!  The jar is traditionally fired to create the coloration.  Rondina says that she tries to not duplicate the same “shard” patterns on the same vessel!  The tight patterns became more and more intricate and detailed with each passing year.  An amazing part of this piece is that the entire interior is also fully polished!  The jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair.  It is signed on the bottom, “Rondina Huma”.