Denise Chavarria (b. 1959) is a daughter of noted potter Stella Chavarria and a granddaughter of Teresita Naranjo.  Each piece is coil-built, carved, stone polished, and traditionally fired.  This jar has ten rows of melon ribs carved into the clay in a horizontal style.  On one side they create a lightning pattern.  The jar is highly polished and fired a deep black.  It is signed on the bottom, “Denise Chavarria”.