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 quail, flowers, rabbits, butterflies, and hummingbirds on the top half of the piece. Each is etched into the clay and note how the center of each flower and the wing of each 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 has numerous fish and seven turtles.   Each of the turtles has a different design on the back of its shell. Note the one with the wavy lines, that one is meant to represent Preston Duwyenie, her husband, who is known for his “shifting sand” pottery. 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.