Blue Corn is often best known for her polychrome pottery and her creative use of various clay slips on her pottery. She learned to make pottery from Maria Martinez at San Ildefonso.  This is one of her few carved pieces which is also polychrome. The bowl is carved with a water serpent (avanyu) encircling the piece.  The bowl is polished tan and the avanyu and the carved areas are outlined with a black clay.  The background areas is slipped with a red clay.  The result is a striking appearance where the depth of the carving is enhanced by the coloration.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the claym “Blue Corn, San Ildefonso”.  It is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.